Last year was rather harvestless in Europe, that’s why some other suppliers, such as Ukraine, got the opportunity to establish themselves as leaders at the market. This year Europe is expecting the heavy crop of high quality apples, the competition will be more severe, and import from Europe will grow again.
This forecast was made by Tatiana Geldman, head of the project “APK-inform: fruit and vegetables”, within the framework of the international conference “Fruit and vegetable business in Russia 2011”/World Food Moscow. According to the expert, Russian production will grow 4—5%, that will be achieved by means of new gardens.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru