Russian food market research

Russia increases fruit and vegetable imports from CIS

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Last year Russia imported 200,000 tones of fresh fruits, vegetables and dried fruits from Uzbekistan worth about $300 mln. Uzbekistan’s fruit and vegetables export volume to Russia exceeded export volumes of such traditional suppliers of the Russian Federation as Poland, China, Spain, Argentina, Morocco, South Africa and Italy. Ukraine is strengthening its positions in the Russian market for fruits and vegetables too.

Ukraine has already outstripped Spain, Egypt, Belgium, France and Germany in export value of vegetables to the Russian Federation. Russia is also increasing imports of Ukrainian apples. “In the season 2010/11 Ukraine entered the group of top-four biggest suppliers of apples to Russia and outstripped its major European competitors such as the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, France, Serbia, Belgium and Hungary”, Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform Project, said during the First International Conference “Apple Business of Ukraine, Russia and Moldova – 2011”.
Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Agriculture also expect the country’s exports of fruits and vegetables to Russia to grow by 20-25%.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Russian fast-food market is growing by 25-30% annually.

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The volume of the fast-food market occupies a relatively modest part of the total public catering turnover. Despite this fact its share is constantly growing. In 2010 the fast-food market almost reached 100 bn roubles and it accounted for 12.8% of the public catering market.

As per new marketing research “Russian public catering market. The current situation and forecast”, carried out by Intesco Research Group, the share of the Moscow fast-food market in 2010 amounted to 40% of the whole Russian market, which is much higher than Moscow’s share in the total public catering turnover. The fast-food market in Moscow with dozens of new chains is very dynamic and adds 25-30% annually.

Source: www.retail.ru

Situation on the Russian fruit market

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The full report Prognosfruit 2011 was presented in Slovenia, which details the projected harvest of non-EU countries in the northern hemisphere. Russia projects an apple harvest around 1.9 mln tons, reflecting a growth of 4% compared with last season. In absolute terms this growth translates into about 80,000 additional tons in the market.

Russia annually imports an average of 1.3 mln tons of apples, mainly from Europe (EU 15).The southern hemisphere supplies Moscow and St. Petersburg with more than 100,000 tons per year, a volume that varies with existing domestic crops.
Pear production is estimated at 50,000 tons, a decline of 9% over the 2010 season.

Last year Moldova exported nearly 180,000 tons of apples to Russia and hopes that this volume is maintained this season, despite the projected decline in production.

Ukraine is also becoming one of the largest suppliers to Russia and it is expected to export about 150,000 tons of apples this year, taking into account that the harvest will increase by 15% and exceed for the first time one million tons.

The good quality that is expected for the Polish apple harvest also anticipates a possible increase in the share of trade in fresh apples and this would also open the door to increased exports to Russia.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Russia accounts for nearly 8% of global fruit imports

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According to Fruit-Inform analysts, Russia’s share in the global fruit imports has reached almost 8% in terms of value and even more in terms of volume in the recent years due to rapidly increasing consumption. As Russian economy is recovering there is a trend to consume higher quality products. As of today the size of the Russian fresh, frozen and dried fruit imports is estimated at nearly US $6bn per annum.

The leading import items are citrus fruits, apples and bananas, which account altogether for 55% of all imports. Table grapes are becoming more popular during winter and spring, which provides good opportunities for suppliers from Southern Hemisphere (Chile and South Africa being key suppliers). Similar trend was noted for stone fruits, specifically for sweet cherries. Fresh stone fruits and grapes account for nearly 22% of all fruit imports already.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Apple consumption sharply reduced in Russia

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According to Fruit-Inform Project’s estimates, in the season 2010/11 the fresh apple consumption in the Russian Federation was the lowest over last 3 seasons. This is caused by high apple prices in the world and sharp decrease of the domestic apple production in Russia.

“Reduction of the fresh apple consumption amounted to 12% in the season 2010/11. However, the value of Russia’s apple market increased by almost 40% that is connected with more than 50% growth of apple prices in the country”, Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform Project, says. “Moreover, the share of domestic apples in the Russian market was the lowest over last 5 years”.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Russian Food Retail to Grow by 22%

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In 2010 Russian food retail sector experienced recovery following the rebound of the Russian economy. The increment of growth of retail earnings was more significant than in 2009 due to the low base effect. In 2010 food retail chains accounted for 27.2% of the total food retail turnover in Russia. As per RBC.Research, in USD terms food retail turnover in 2010 grew by 22% y-o-y. In Rub terms the increment of growth was lower due to the strengthening of ruble and made 16%, which is 8 percentage points less than in 2009.

Source: www.retail.ru

The Price of Street Kiosks to Double

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The new approved version of street kiosk will cost Rub 350,000. New street tents will have a brand new style: laconic, beige colour, without any crude signs. However, they won’t be all the same. Designers from the Moscow Architectural Committee developed various styles: “Classical”, “Modern” and “Free style”. Entrepreneurs can order tents from different manufacturers, as there is no monopoly for them. Manufacturers are obliged to charge the set price and follow the standards, developed by the Moscow Architectural Committee.

The mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin is determined to get rid of old kiosks and set the limit for the number of new ones of 10,000. In 2010 there were 26,000, almost threefold more.

Source: www.retail.ru

Russian Retail Turnover Growth Fell to 5.5% in May

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According to Rosstat (Russian Federal Statistics service) in May 2011 Russian retail trade growth fell from 5.6% in April to 5.5%. In Rub terms the growth rate made 1trln 525.4bln. In May the turnover grew by 2.4%. The share of food items, including drinks and tobacco, amounted to 48.3% (48.9% in May 2010), non-food items occupied 51.7% of the total retail turnover (51.1% in May 2010). Trade companies and individual entrepreneurs generated 88.8% of retail turnover. The share of retail markets and fairs was 11.2% (in May 2010 87.9% and 12.1% respectively).

During the first five months of 2011 retail turnover grew by 5.2% y-o-y and reached Rub 7trln 182.4bln.

Source: www.retail.ru

Russian Food Inflation Rate Unchanged in May

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Food-price growth slowed to 14.1% in April from 15.3% in Q1, according to the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat). Prices probably rose 0.5% in a month after increasing 0.4% in April. Consumer prices rose 4.6% this year through May 23.

Russia’s inflation rate was probably unchanged in May as the impact of last year’s drought on food prices faded. The annual inflation rate remained at 9.6% for a second month. The central bank expects inflation to slow significantly in the second half of 2011 and has a full-year target of between 6% and 7%.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Only 25% of Russian Apple Juice is Produced from Domestic Apples

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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