According to industry experts, Serbia has increased the shipments of the apples to the Russian market almost by 6 times since the beginning of the season.
According to the Russian Federal Statistics Service, in the first two months of the season 2014/15 Serbia shipped to Russia more than 8,000 tons of apple, while during July-August 2013, the shipment of apples from Serbia to Russia amounted to 1,400 tons.
According to the experts, Serbia managed to increase supplies to the Russian market mostly due to the Russian food ban as a substitute for apples from Poland and Moldova. The experts do not exclude that Serbia has a chance to become one of the main suppliers of apple on the Russian market provided that the ban will continue.