August 30 2007, 11:13

Banana import will be top record in 2007 in Ukraine - "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" forecasts

To the opinion of the analysts of CIS produce business periodical, "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" weekly, the relatively high price level for fruits together with the perspective price growth for apple this season will support the increase of the imports of bananas and other exotic fruits (citrus fruits in particular) in Ukraine.

During first six months of the current year Ukraine has imported 21.5% more bananas than at the same period of time past year and 34% more than in the first half of 2005. To the opinion of Andriy Yarmak, the Manager of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" project, the volume of banana imports may exceed 330-350,000 tons in the current calendar year; in general the imports will increase 22-28%, i.e. Ukraine will have a new record.

Traditionally, Ukraine imports bananas from Ecuador. This season the share of Ecuador bananas in the shipments reaches 99% despite of the unfavorable weather conditions in Ecuador and the decline of banana production in this country. The insignificant volumes of bananas have been also supplied from Costa-Rika, Vietnam, Mexico and Colombia.

You can learn the details of the perspectives of fruit&vegetable exports and imports from the leading experts of this industry during the fourth international conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2007. Meeting New Leader", to be held on December 4th-6th 2007 on the territory of the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" in Kyiv. The online registration form for the conference participants is available here.