January 10 2018, 13:03 Fruit-Inform

Ukraine boosts frozen raspberry exports to EU

Ukraine has been rapidly expanding its presence in the EU market for frozen raspberries. In June-November 2017, Ukraine’s exports turned out to be 52 times as high as in the same period of 2013, reports Fruit-Inform referring to the official data of the Ukrainian customs statistics.

In the first 6 months of the current season the EU members imported nearly 8,000 tons of Ukrainian frozen raspberries. For comparison, during the same period of the season 2013/14 the shipments from Ukraine to the EU did not exceed 155 tons. On a year-over-year basis, exports of frozen raspberries from Ukraine to the EU showed a rise of 43%.
It is worth mentioning that the EU is the main importer of this product with the share of 99% in Ukraine’s total exports. Poland should be noted as the main importing country accounting for 60% of total export shipments of frozen raspberries from Ukraine.