According to WAPA data, pear production in the Russian Federation has significantly gone down in the season 2013/14.
Russia’s pear production amounted just to 43,000 tons, a decrease of 14% compared with the previous season and the lowest result over the past 10 years. For comparison, production totaled 50,000 tons in the season 2012/13.
The highest pear production level was registered in the Russian Federation in the season 2007/08: 96,000 tons.
Russia is still the largest export market for Ukrainian apples despite negative import performance, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Russia’s imports of Ukrainian apples reached just 2,000 tons in October 2013, half the amount of imports in October 2012 and the lowest level over the past 5 years. Ukraine’s cumulative export of apples to Russia in the first 4 months of the season 2013/14 amounted to 5,200 tons, which is also half the export amount than in the same period of the previous season. The Russian Federation accounted for a 96% the share of Ukraine’s total exports.
Russia is traditionally the import leader of Ukrainian apples. The country accounted for 94% of all apple shipments from Ukraine in the season 2012/13.