By the middle of June 2012, Russia has become the largest importer of cherries not only from Moldova, but also from Iran.
Russia remains one of the world’s major importers of cherry: it is up to 75 MTM tons per year, while the Russian domestic cherry production is up to 70 MTM per year.
In 2011, Russia became the second largest exporter of cherry from Iran for the first time. In 2012, Russian export from Iran has been already evaluated as $ 6 million. Beside the cherry export from Iran, export of other products (such as potatoes, vegetables, tea, citrus fruits, olives, rice and processed products) is also growing.
In Moldova, according to the forecasts, the cherry harvest will be up to 10 MTM in 2012, that is 15% more than in 2011, and more than 50% of the harvest will be exported; and it is forecast that at least 65% of the exported cherry will go to Russia.
Export from the Caucasus region and Central Asia to the Russian market has a share of 20%.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru