China and Serbia can become the biggest apples suppliers to Russia this season. According to analysts, Russia imports up to 35% of apples from Serbia, the share of China is about 33%. The large volume of imports is also expected from Belarus, but it will be mainly European re-exported apples and apples from Moldova.
In the 2013/14 Russia imported almost half of the apple from Poland, meanwhile the share of Serbia and China accounted for 9 and 8% respectively.