Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Russia & Ukraine: Fruit and Vegetable Markets, the 7th Week of 2012
In the 7th week of 2012, the most prominent events in the Russian fruit and vegetable market were the following:
- cucumbers imported from Iran and Turkey were mainly of low quality;
- tomato imports from Morocco were lower week-on-week;
- Polish apple exporters' attempts to increase prices were not successful;
- a lot of market participants switched to Pakistani mandarins;
- Egyptian oranges improved their position in the Russian market.
At the same time, the Ukrainian fruit and vegetable market was characterized by the following developments:
- availability of Turkish cucumbers backed lower price range in the market;
- Turkish and Spanish tomatoes accounted for the largest share in the tomato supply;
- Egypt was the main supplier of oranges to the Ukrainian market;
- Pakistani mandarins were in the highest demand;
- banana prices rapidly grew.
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