October 18 2007, 11:30

Ukraine: fruit&vegetable production exceeded 30 mln. tons in 2007 up to the record high level

Despite of the dramatically decreased volumes of vegetable production in 2007, the general production of all fruit&vegetable products (potato, vegetables, berries, melons&watermelons, and fruits) exceeded 30 mln. tons up to a record high level. This conclusion is proved by the results of the survey conducted by the analysts of CIS produce business periodical "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" weekly in the framework of preparation of Production and Price Forecast for fruits and vegetables in the season 2007/08. According to the experts' estimations, the production was 0.7% and 225,000 tons as high than in the previous period.

It is worth mentioning that the production increase became possible due to the increased potato and fruit harvests. Moreover, the specific weight of potato in fruit&vegetable production of Ukraine reaches 70%. Fruit production increased in 2007 as well, although it was considerably lower than the potentially possible as a result of losses caused by frosts, drought and heat.

We'd like to remind that an annotated Production and Price forecast for fruits and vegetables in Ukraine will be available for the subscribers of the weekly journal in the next issue. You can order the full version for UAH 2000 (for subscribers) and for UAH 2200 (for those who are not subscribed for the journal). Those companies, which purchased the first forecast in 2007, will get fall forecast with 50% discount. You can order the forecast via e-mail: [email protected].

The Production Forecast for fruits and vegetables in 2008 will be presented by the experts of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" weekly 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. To participate in the event, you can fill in the online registration form.