According to Rosstat, in the first 9 months of 2012 Russia produced 60.8 thousand tonnes of apple juice concentrate, which is 28% higher than the same period of last year when only 47.2 thousand tons were produced.
It should be noted that the upward trend in production can be traced for more than a year already.
Thus, in 2011 the production of apple juice concentrate increased by 13% compared with 2010 and amounted to 66.1 thousand tons. Despite the increase in domestic production, Russia also increased imports of apple juice concentrate. So far, for the first 9 months of 2012, 92.1 thousand tons of concentrate were imported, which is 13% more than in the same period of last year.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru