In 2018, Russia imported 197,400 MT of juice, worth $325 million, including the apple juice – 93,800 MT, worth $97.4 million, accroding to the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
Meanwhile, the Russian juice industry produced 2.4 billion liters of juice,1.6% more compared to 2017.
The average yearly consumption of juice products per person is 15.5 liters. Juice products include: juices (27%), nectars (52%) and juice drinks (21%).
The Russian AJC (apple juice concentrate) market situation is rather difficult for domestic manufacturers. Abundant supply of domestic AJC and lack of sales channels are the main problems faced by them. In addition, AJC imports (mainly from China, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Iran) are rather high.
At the same time, processors rarely revise their prices. The price decrease is registered in isolated cases and does not improve the situation.
For the present, prices vary between at 1.10-1.20 euro/kg.
The Russian Federation has significantly lowered grape juice imports in the current season, according to the official statistics.
Russia’s imports in November 2013 totaled 1,300 tons, a decrease of 35% compared with the same month of the previous year.
Cumulative imports over the first 5 months of the season 2013/14 stood at 5,000 tons, a decrease of 38% compared with July-November 2012, when Russian importers had purchased 8,000 tons, the record high result over the past 5 years.
The Russian Federation imported more than 15,000 tons of grape juice in the previous season with Spain, Argentina, Italy, Iran and Turkey being the largest exporters.
Natalia Ivanova, president of the Association of Juice Processors in Russia says that RF has the potential to reach the pre-crisis level of the juice production.
Recall that in 2008 the volume of production of juice products have fallen sharply and for the past four years have not returned to the original rate.
This information was confirmed by Pierre Filippenko, director of marketing in “Multon”. He says production levels fell by 10% in the year of crisis and now it recovered by only 7% -8%.
Ms. Ivanova also released the results of the juice processing facilities in the past year: 3.03 billion liters of juice, which is 2.3% more than in the earlier period.
Source: www.fruitnews.info
Market statistics of apple concentrate in Russia show that production increased nearly 1.6 times as compared to October 2011. The total amount of manufactured products has totaled in 16,000 tons.
This result was predictable in the early summer, as in the period from July to October inclusive, production increased 1.5 times and reached the level of 55 000 tons.
Let us recall that only 36,000 tons were produced during July-October last year.
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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
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
The average Russian consumes about 20 liters of juice annually; 10 years ago it was only 5 liters. According to the Russian union of juice producers the volume of domestic fresh produce is far from being sufficient for juice production. There are not even enough apples, which are traditionally grown and consumed in huge amounts. As a result only 25% of juice is produced using domestic fruit and vegetables. The rest is based on foreign concentrates. It is only the federal target programme which could help to support industrial horticulture. Apple gardens should be enlarged at least fourfold, and technology needs modernization.
Source: www.fruitnews.ru