Import

Decline in pear imports and production

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According to the industry experts, approximately 120 thousand tons of pears have been exported to Russia in the current season. The Russian Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat), says this shows a decrease of 13% compared to last year.

The main importers of pears into the country remain Poland, the Netherlands and Belgium. It should be recalled that, in 2012, the fruit production was reduced by one third on average in these countries, thus, the decrease in supply to Russia is quite natural.

The production of pears in Russia itself is decreasing. According to the information provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the United States, the fruit harvest in the country was only 110 000 tons – 21 percent less than last year.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Russia increases the import of Azerbaijani apples

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According to official data provided by experts from Russian Statistics, since the beginning of the current season about 43 thousand tons of apples from Azerbaijan has been  supplied to Russia. This is 41% more than last year.

U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has also published its own study of the issue: according to the American experts, this year Azerbaijan has exported only about 50,000 tons of apples, which equals to last year indices. At the same time, given the increasing consumption of the fruits in the country, the import of apples to Azerbaijan has increased, too – up to 15 thousand tons per year.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Poland has become the largest exporter of apples this season

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According to the report of experts of the USDA and the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service, by the results of this year, Poland has become a major supplier of apples in Western and Eastern Europe.

Industry experts believe that the Polish growers will produce about 2.9 million tons of fruit this season, which is 14% more than in the previous period. And the deliveries from Poland to the members of EU make 26% of all apple import of these countries.
The main “oriental” consumers of Polish fruit remain Russia (imports about 55% of total production), Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And in the EU the import leaders are the Czech Republic and Germany.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

The biggest Russian dry-cargo port will open in Kuban

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The decision to build a new dry-cargo facility was discussed on Monday, November the 19th, by the Territory Governor Alexander Tkachev and Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia Victor Olersky.

– This project has great political and socio-economic importance for the region’s economy and for the whole country. From our part, we will do everything for this project to be implemented. Of course, the construction will require tens of billions of rubles and infrastructure development, but we hope that the investor and the management company will work hard for the interests of the Kuban. It will create new jobs and increase the tax base, said the Kuban’ official.

The future dry-cargo port of Taman will be the largest project of its kind in Russia. The planned turnover will be about 100 million tons of cargo per year.
– This will be the port of the new philosophy, deep, and it will allow our shippers to literally open up new markets. And that will make our economy more competitive, – said Mr. Olersky.

 

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Russia takes on more Valencian citrus

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Exports increased 200 per cent over past three seasons, according to reports in Spain

Citrus exports from the Valencia region of Spain to the Russian market have soared over the past three years, growing by over 200 per cet.

According to Empresa Exterior, shipments to Russia jumped by 203.5 per cent between 2009/10 and 2011/12, with volumes growing to 65,194 tonnes from 21,475 tonnes.

During the three-year period, total citrus exports from Valencia to all markets grew 12.6 per cent, amounting to sales of 2.76m tonnes.

Source: www.fruitnet.com

France: Apple&pear production down

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The production of apples and pears in France has decreased compared to last year, mostly because of a smaller harvest. This according to the French ministry of agriculture.

Late September the apple supply was 44% lower than in September 2012. According to estimates the production of apples is down 24%. Prognosfruit states it’s a 9% drop compared to the European 2011 average. With supplies running low, prices are markedly higher. At the start of the season, prices already rose with 21% compared to the 2007-2011 average. By September the increase was 23% higher. Pears went through a similar movement, with a 34% drop in production.

The market for top fruit was stable for quite a while, but in August the supply soared. A big chunk of the surplus has been shipped to Russia, Germany and Scandinavia. Despite a relatively small crop, prices remained more or less the same. Now, with the current production shortage, prices went up with 33% compared to the 5-year average.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

New Zealand increased export volumes of apples to the Russian market

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New Zealand increased exports of apples to Russia by 20% compared to the same period of last year in July-September of the current year, up to more than 2 thousand tons.
The annual volumes of apples supplies from New Zealand to the Russian market make about 3.8 thousand tons averagely, with an average gross yield in New Zealand equal to 458 thousand tons / year (for the past 5 years).

The share of apples supplies from New Zealand to Russia was 0.4% in season 2011-2012, which is slightly higher than a year earlier.

It should be noted that the biggest amount of New Zealand exports to Russia was registered in season 2008-2009 (more than 4.6 thousand tons).

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Germany reduced the volume of pear supplies to Russia

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The supplies of pears from Germany to Russia fell by more than 2 times compared with the previous year and amounted to 2.4 thousand tons in the III quarter of this year.

According to Rosstat, in season 2011-2012 Germany exported to Russia about 13.4 thousand tons of pears, which is almost 46% lower than a year earlier. At the same time the share of supply of pears from Germany to the Russian market also declined – with more than 5% in 2011 to about 3% in 2012.
It is worth noting that, according to forecasts of WAPA, gross harvest of pears in Germany in the current year will reduce by 19% compared to last year and will be about 38 thousand tons.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Half of the apple yield in Russia is processed

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More than 50% of the total yield of apples in Russia is processed. According to the  company “APK-Inform: Vegetables and Fruits”, during the last two years Russian companies stocked at least 700-750 thousand tons of apples. The experts note that over the past 4 years the volume of apples processing increased by almost 35%, reflecting primarily an increase in consumption of apple juice in the country. Another proof that Russians use more apple juice, is the positive dynamics of apple concentrate imports, while reducing exports.

Back in 2008, the volume of apple concentrate imports in Russia was only 67 thousand tons, while Russian companies produced no more than 500 thousand tons of own material. In 2011, imports of concentrate raised up to 94 thousand tons, while the amount of apples’ processing increased up to 750 thousand tons. Russian exports of concentrate decreased by almost 1.5 times for the last 4 years. The experts of “APK-Inform: Vegetables and Fruits” believe that due to a good apple harvest and relatively high prices the Russian companies will process a record volume of 855 thousand tons of apples.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Import of pears in Russia continues to lower

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During the first few months of the 2012-2013 season Russia imported only 34 500 tons of pears. Compared to the same period of last year, the volume of purchases fell by 22%.
At the same time, Argentina, being one of the main suppliers of pears to Russia, has increased its imports by 1.4% this year (about 13 500 tons). The Argentina fruit strengthened its position in the overall shopping baskets and occupied almost 40% of the total. Last year the share of Argentina as pear exporter was 22% of the Russian market.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru