The volume of supplies of greenhouse vegetables from Turkey to the Russian market amounted to 29,300 MT, worth $28 million, in the beginning of 2020.
According to ROIF Expert agency, that due to the sharp increase in supplies, Turkish companies have surpassed the largest exporters of this product category – Azerbaijan and China.
As of the agency report “Condition and analysis of the greenhouse industry in Russia: research and forecast until 2024”, the import of Turkish vegetables has grown by 20 times in 2016-2019. Last year, Turkey increased the sales of greenhouse vegetables to the Russian market by $66.2 million.
Turkish exporters increased their presence on the Russian market despite a 5.3% overall decline in imports in this category in volume terms in 2019. Meanwhile, the Russian producers of greenhouse vegetables increased the production volumes by 471,500 MT, with an increase of greenhouse areas by 36.9%, in 2016-2019.