Russian Fruit Market

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

Kabardian gardeners are planning to fill up the Russian shelves with domestic apples

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Gardeners in Kabardino-Balkaria decided to deal seriously with the dominance of foreign apples in Russia. By the most humble data, the share of imported fruit at present is about 80%.

According to the experience of farmers of the southern republic, the cost of setting up, and growing gardens on one hectare of land is approximately 1.5 million rubles, and the harvest from this area brings 50-80 tons of fruit. It is sufficient to pay for all the investments in the second year.

Let us recall that in the last four years, there has been laid about a thousand acres of apple trees in Kabardino-Balkaria, from which growers have collected 72,000 tons of fruit. Harvest of this size completely satisfies the needs of the republic. But in the future farmers plan to increase the area of gardens to 20 hectares and to enter the markets of the neighboring regions of Russia.

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

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

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

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

Apple market is full with autumn apples

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Producers from the southern regions of the Russian Federation have started to sell winter apples at extremely low prices. The reason for this is the surplus of autumn apples in the market, both of local and imported origin.
The prices are not even close to the autumn prices. Having lost the benefit of attractive prices, the winter apple sellers are not likely to succeed.
Russian farmers cannot raise the prices for apples even to the level of 30 Rubles per kilogram. Producers from Moldova suggest the price of 18-20 Rubles per kilogram, suppliers from Poland – 22-27 Rubles.

Source: www.freshplaza.com