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China keeps on reducing apple exports to Russia

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China continues to reduce apple exports to the Russian Federation, according to the official statistics.

Russia imported just 118,000 tons of Chinese apples in the season 2012/13, a decrease of 9% year-on-year. For comparison, in the season 2011/12 China’s apple exports to the Russian Federation reached 129,000 tons. Over the past five years, Russia’s imports of apples from China have fallen by 41%.

However, despite lower exports, China has ranked third in apple exports to Russia for the third year in a row.

Source: www.fruit-inform.com

Further decrease in Russia’s imports of Chinese apples

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According to the official statistics, the Russian Federation keeps on rapidly reducing imports of apples from China.
In the first 11 months of the current season, Russia imported record low 112,000 tonnes of Chinese apples, a decrease of 7% from the import volumes over the same period of the previous season (121,000 tonnes).
Over the past five seasons, Russia’s imports of apples from China became 42% lower. However, China still remains the third largest exporter of apples to the Russian Federation.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Amount of apples exported from China to Russia decreased

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According to Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), from July to April 2012/13 China shipped to the Russian market 104 thousand tons of apples, which is 7% lower than during the same period the season before.

It should be also noted that the import of apples to Russia from China for 10 months of the season was the lowest for this period.

However, despite the decline in exports of apples to Russia, China managed to be third biggest supplier to Russia third season in a row. 6 seasons ago, China was the leading supplier of fruit on the Russian market.

Source: www.freshmarket.ru

Russia offers opportunities to suppliers from the fruit and vegetable sector

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Russia import more and more fruit and vegetables all the time, while their own production
decreases. In 2012, the country became the most important sales destination for Spanish fruit and vegetables, according to a report from Business Boost International.

Fruit and vegetable imports by Russia in 2012 were compared to the previous year. The tomato and cucumber import decreased slightly, but the import of peppers was 38% higher and the import of potatoes even increased almost threefold. Also, imports of lettuce, aubergine peach and grapes increased. The apple import – in which area Russia worldwide is in third place – decreased by 18 percent.


It appears from the report that in the area of fruit imports, especially Ecuador (bananas), Poland (apples), Turkey (citrus, grapes and top fruit), China (apples, citrus and top fruit), Argentina (apples, pears and citrus), Chile (grapes) that these products are very important for the country. The total consumption of fruit in the country increases for a number of reasons, one of them being the developing retail sector.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Apple prices down

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Apple prices on the Russian market have decreased in the first half of the 2012/13 season, as a result of the country’s accession to the WTO and a record-high domestic production. By the end of December 2012, the average wholesale prices in Moscow were 20% lower (year-on-year). In other regions, prices dropped noticeably as well. In the Voronezh region, for example, prices fell by a third. Market participants expect an increase in apple prices however, thanks to higher demand in the past two weeks.

Russia imported approximately 10,200 tons of Chinese pears from July to November 2012, a number almost 10% higher than last year. Experts from Fruit-Inform link an increase in Chinese exports to Russia to a higher pear production in China this season. The highest import volumes were recorded in November (2,800 tons) and the lowest in July (approximately 1,200 tons). China’s share in total Russian pear imports ranged between 5-7% over the past three seasons. Currently, China is the sixth largest exporter of pears into the Russian Federation. Only Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Argentina export more.

Source: www.freshplaza.com