Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Ukrainian AJC exports down in this season
Ukrainian AJC (apple juice concentrate) exports have fallen to 4-year low in the season 2015/16, according to Fruit-Inform.
The export volumes totaled 65,200 tons in July 2015 – April 2016, a decrease of 25% year-on-year.
The market analysts connect negative trend in AJC exports with lower production in Ukraine. Many Ukrainian canning factories were forced to reduce their AJC manufacturing volumes due to a significant rise in prices of raw apples. In the end of the 2015 procurement season, prices of apples for processing averaged UAH 3.50/kg (EUR 0.14/kg) in Ukraine against usual level of UAH 1.50/kg.
We would remind you that more detailed information about the Ukrainian market for apple juice concentrate and apples for processing is available in the fundamental study «Apple Business in Ukraine, Russia & Kazakhstan — 2015: Present Situation and Prospects in Growing, Storage, Handling, Processing and Marketing». To learn more about it, please contact International Relations Department of Fruit-Inform:
tel: +380 562 320795 (ext. - 341)
cell: +380 96 5836323 (Ievgen Kuzin)