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Instability in Ukraine affects fresh produce

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The political instability in the Ukraine is having an effect on the fresh produce imports and exports to the country.The cost of fresh produce has increased by 10% in February, citrus alone rising by 20%.

The Ukrainian border with Poland is closed due to the situation and no fruit or veg imports or exports are taking place. One Polish apple exporter said that if the situation continued it would greatly affect the market, Poland exports 200,000 tonnes of apples to Ukraine every year.

Similarly imports of Greek kiwis have ground to a halt this week. A Ukrainian importer said that it was becoming more and more difficult to purchase fresh produce from abroad. “The value of our currency has dropping steadily making everything very expensive, to add to this the banks are now taking 1½ to supply foreign currency which makes payment very slow.”

Most fruit and vegetables are still available in the Ukraine, but with the change in the administration getting customs clearance is proving to be a long progress too.

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Zespri releases new payout forecast

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Zespri chief executive Lain Jager says everything is on track for growers to be getting healthy returns and prices for green kiwifruit are up. Growers of green kiwifruit are earning over $40,000 per hectare, the best return in 10 years.

The price for gold kiwifruit is also very strong at $12.60 per tray, but it is on reduced volumes because of the vine-killing disease PSA. Mr Jager has added that the 2014 crop, which will shortly start being harvested, is looking good and gold kiwifruit numbers are beginning to recover. Last year 2 million trays of the new variety of gold kiwifruit were harvested and this year it will be about 9.5 million trays.

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Favorite Russians’ exotic fruit

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The Russian websitе Fruitnews.ru conducted a research which exotic products the Russian customers buy at least once a month. And the results were as follows:

–    Avocado – 27%;
–    Mango – 17%;
–    Pineapple – 22%;
–    Lychee – 3%;
–    Feijoa – 2%;
–    Papaya – 5%;
–    Passion fruit – 3%;
–    Kiwi – 14%;
–    Coconut – 6%;
–    Other – 1%.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Customs union reduces tariffs for some products

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23 August new import customs duties were introduced, they were changed because of Russia’s accession to the WTO. The first change concerns only 10% of tariffs – mostly duties on meat and dairy products, on fruit and vegetables, as well as cars.

Russia is one of the largest importers of apples and after accession to the WTO import duties on these fruits were significantly reduced. The duty on apples will be 0.06 euro per 1 kg. It will be applied for one year.

At the same time, Russia’s entry into the WTO will not change the import duty on pears, it will remain 10%. In 2015 it will be reduced by 5%.

Import duties on apricots, cherries, plums will remain 5%, and on strawberry – 10%. Also, the zero import duty on nectarines, peaches, kiwi will be kept.

Russia’s accession to the WTO will not change duties on bananas, they will remain 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg. The duty on orange , grapefruit and other citrus fruits will also remain the same – 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg, the same is for mandarins, clementines, and others (5%, but not less than 0.03 euro).

At the same time the duty on lemons and limes will decrease from 5%, but not less than 0.035 euro, up to 5%, but not less than 0.02 euro per 1 kg.

Source: www.retailer.ru

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Gender difference in fruit preference

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Differences between men and women are highly visible even in preferences for various berries and fruits. Sociologists have studied gender based eating differences and the results paint an interesting picture.

It turns out that men are more likely to prefer apples as their favourite fruit, whilst women are likely to go for citrus fruits.

Kiwi fruit and mango are also higher valued by women. For bananas, peaches, pineapples and grapes, both genders agree.

Source: www.freshplaza.com