According to “Fruit-Inform” estimations, Ukraine entered a group of five largest apple importers in the world. Within the season 2009/10 Ukraine was supplied with about 265,000 tones of apples, while experts assume the real import volumes to be even more. Imports kept on growing, notwithstanding dynamic growth of domestic production and increase of share of intensive high-yielding gardens in the area structure.
At the same time Ukraine intensified apple exports. As to results of the season 2009/10, Ukraine entered a group of 20 largest exporters of apples in the world and took 7-8-th places in Europe concerning exports of this category.
Source: lol.org.ua