According to the ready-made market research “Russian Fruit Market 2008-2011 and Forecast for 2012-2015” production volume of fruits in 2011 was 59.5 billion Rubles ($1.8 billion US) pricewise.
It is worth mentioning that from 2005 fruit and berry production volume in price terms was very variable, meaning that there were both falls and rises. But the overall tendency of increase can still be noticed. In 2006 the production volume was 30.6 billion Rubles. In 2007 the production increased a great deal up to 42.7 billion Rubles(40%), 2008 was the year of stagnation within the limits of plus 3%. In 2009 the production volume pricewise grew remarkably again to 35%, but the drought of 2010 reduced the figure. In 2010 the production volume was only 46.4 billion Rubles, which is 22% lower than the previous year.
The production in volume terms is even more unstable, but here no tendency of increase can be outlined at all. For example, as compared with 2004 the production volume increased 2.8%, although inside this period the difference between the most fruitful year and the least fruitful year was 29%.
Source: www.bsmarket.ru