Russian Fruit Market

New Player in the Russian Fruit Market

Written by

ZAO “Aysel”, which belongs to the Azerbaijani businessman Elchin Akhmedov, acquired the active assets of “Sorus” – one of the pre-crisis fruit import leaders in St. Petersburg, which controlled 10% of the Russian fruit and vegetables market. Before the recession the three largest fruit importers in Russia were St. Petersburg holding companies: JFC (owner – Vladimir Kekhman), Sunway (owner – Shalmi Benyaminov) and Sorus (owner – Valeriy Linetskiy). Before 2008 they had controlled 42% of the market. During the economic breakdown Sunway and Sorus went bankrupt and JFC increased its market share from 23 to 29%.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Russia is the Main Exporter of European Fruit and Vegetables

Written by

Russia remains the largest export market for European fresh fruit. Its share in the total export volume is 40.13%. Russia is followed by Ukraine (10.45%), Switzerland (9.29%) and Norway (5.75%). Russia is also the most significant export destination for European vegetables with its share of 34.11%, followed by Switzerland (10.52%), Senegal (8.21%) and Norway (5.99%)

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Fruit and Vegetable Prices Still Falling in Russia

Written by

Prices for fruit and vegetable in Russia fell further last week. The decrease was less dramatic than a week earlier and averaged only 0.7%. In the first week of April fruit and vegetables prices fell by 10.4% at once. This was the record-breaking weekly decrease rate in 2011. Russian market also experienced a slight decrease of garden strawberry prices last week that led to higher demand for these berries from large cities. Analysts of Fruit-Inform Project predict garden strawberry prices to keep their decreasing trend in future. At the same time, demand for this produce will be growing. Principal consumption season of these berries comes in the second half of June, when the market is entered by large quantities of domestic produce.

Source: www.freshplaza.com

Russia Lowered Apple Imports in January-February 2011

Written by

Analysts of Fruit-Inform Project report of the considerable decrease of apple imports in Russia in the first months of 2011.
“Russia lowered apple imports due to price growth being sharper than in the last season, and overall shortage of high-quality apples in Poland and EU”, Andriy Yarmak, Head of Fruit-Inform Project, says. “However, decrease of apple imports was compensated by growth of imports of bananas, oranges, and mandarins which grew by 7%, 26%, and 14% respectively over 2 first months of 2011”, the expert goes on.

As before, Poland is the major supplier of apples to the Russian market. Poland’s share in total apple imports over the first 2 months of 2011 reached 37%. China and Serbia were among top-three major apple suppliers followed by Germany, Moldova, Belgium, and Ukraine.

Source: www.lol.org.ua

JFC Group Draws USD 138m as Syndicated Loan

Written by

The loan represents a credit line for 3.5 years, subject to depreciation, which amounts to USD 88m and RUB 1.5b. The loan was drawn to finance the general corporate goals of the Group’s companies and investment programs, such as further expansion in Central and South America and construction of new logistics centres in 15 Russian cities.
As a result of the investment strategy JFC Group plans to strengthen its leadership on the Russian banana market. The leading position is supposed to be supported not only by import volumes, but also by the possibility to ensure, that consumers all over Russia are provided with high-quality produce.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Joint Fruit Company ranks 95 among Russia’s largest non-public companies

Written by

September 24, Forbes Magazine named Russia’s 200 largest non-public companies. Fruit importer JFC Group ranked 95 out of 200, which reflects a substantial strengthening of its position on the Russian market.  Last year it took the 146 place in the list.
22 September, newspaper Delovoy Peterburg published the list of the largest holding companies of St. Petersburg. JFC Group ranked 26 among them.

Source: www.fruitnews.ru

Melons from Kazakhstan are potential competitors for other fruits

Written by

After Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan came into force on 1 July, the flow of melons and watermelons from Central Asia has intensified enormously. The share of imported melons in big cities, industrial and resort centers of Russia exceeds 55%. Central Asia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan are among major suppliers. During July and the 1st decade of August more than 4,100 tones of melons and watermelons were shipped to Russia – 4 times more than in the same period 2009 – making other fruits face strong competition.

Source: Rossijskaya Gazeta

Летом доля импортных фруктов составляет две трети от общего предложения на рынке России

Written by

По мнению экспертов, рынок свежих овощей и фруктов в России растет очень динамично: ежегодно на 20-30%. В основном, конечно, за счет импорта.

Россия, занимающая 11-е место в мире по производству плодоовощной продукции и 2-е место в мире по объему производства картофеля, слишком мало внимания уделяет развитию собственного плодоовощного производства. Производство фруктов в России развивается медленнее, чем производство овощей, что говорит о перспективах дальнейшего роста доли импортной продукции на рынке.

По мнению экспертов, причины этих тенденций следует искать в опережающих темпах развития оптовой торговли, которая старается обеспечить возрастающие потребности еще более стремительно развивающихся розничных сетей. Оптовикам гораздо проще работать с импортной продукцией, которая соответствует всем требованиям по качеству и упаковке, в то время как большинство российских производителей хотели бы переложить функцию доработки, калибровки, упаковки и даже хранения овощей и фруктов на оптовую компанию.

27/07/2010

Источник: www.lol.org.ua

The Share of Imported Fruits on the Russian Market Amounts to 60% of the Total Offer

Written by

According to experts’ estimations, the Russian fresh fruit market is developing dynamically, gaining 20-30% every year. This growth is basically due to the import though.

Russia takes the 11th place in the world among fruit and vegetables producers and is the 2nd potato grower in the world, but the local horticultural industry is underdeveloped. The Russian fruit production is growing slower than vegetable production, which implies the further increase of the import share.

The explanation of this trend experts find in the outstripping growth rate of the wholesale, which seeks to meet the demand of even faster expanding retail chains. The wholesalers find it easier to work with imported products, which correspond to quality standards and are duly packed, whereas the majority of Russian producers would like the wholesalers to be in charge of processing, calibration, packing and even storing of fruit and vegetables.

Source: www.lol.org.ua

End of the USA Pear Season on the Western Russia market.

Written by

Pear Bureau NW conducted various promotions during this USA pear season in supermarkets of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Vladimir, Ryazan and Yaroslavl. These promotions included sampling, “gift for the purchase”, distribution of brochures with useful tips and recipes on the stalls with USA pears and many other activities. At the same time informative articles about USA pears were published in the magazines “Gastronom”, “Vkusno I polezno” (“Tasty & Healthy”), “Linija Polyota” (“Flight Line”), as well as on popular Internet portals: www.gastronom.ru, www.woman.ru, www.fruitnews.ru.