Ukrainian producers plan to increase significantly their export sales to the Russian market in this season. At the same time, market participants doubt implementation of these plans. Many think that farmers will have a problem with batching of sweet cherry export lots. The fact is that, according to estimates of producers, sweet cherry yields in this season will be lower than expected earlier. Due to long period of cold weather, the pollination process was badly affected that resulted in higher number of barren flowers. This is also a reason of the quality of sweet cherries able to be worse in this season that can have a negative impact on sweet cherry exports.
Source: www.freshplaza.com