Expert: Ukrainian export of apples will increase by 30%

This year the export of Ukrainian apples will increase by 30%. This opinion was expressed by UNN expert Igor Strelyuk produce market.

«This year is unusual in terms of the harvest of apples. Started collecting vintage is earlier. Early varieties usually begins in August and reached almost the whole of September, the average grade in September, and almost all of October and in November, late varieties, but now the situation is so that only the end of September, and already harvested late varieties. Somewhere in the month declined a natural ripening period and the question is how they will be stored. harvest will be very good - more than one million tons. Far above the average. Almost half - it is commodity will varietal apple»- a spokesman said.

At the same time, he noted that despite the fact that the Ukrainian apples enough, imports will still be present. According to him, in the last season of imported apples were a little more than 100,000 tons, and the Ukrainian sold nearly 300,000 tons through retail.

«This year, with a good harvest, we can hope that the share of imported apple is low - in the range of 150-170 thousand tons. Because the EU is very well freak Polish apples and apple - first of all, will try to enter our market, but there is hope that we can this year to export more. So exports should increase,»- added I.Strelyuk.

At the same time, he noted that last year the export of Ukrainian apples was about 36 tons.

Adapted from UNN