Ukraine’s fruit imports reach 1M tonnes in 2020 – UCAB

"Ukrainians have begun to consume more fruit, which is evidenced not only by official statistics on the level of fruit consumption, but also by the growth of imports. In 2020, Ukraine imported almost 1 million tonnes of various fruit," reads the report.

UCAB notes that this is Ukraine’s highest amount of fruit imports, which exceeds the same figure last year by 8% and a figure recorded five years ago by 1.5 times.

“It should be noted that imports consists mainly of fruit and berries that are not grown in Ukraine due to unfavorable climatic conditions. The only exceptions are apples, but their share in the total structure of imports is insignificant - only 1%,” said UCAB Analyst Svitlana Lytvyn.

At the same time, a third of all deliveries consists of bananas, followed by tangerines (19% of imports), oranges (9%), lemons (7%) and peaches (5%).

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