In 2021, Ukraine exported a small amount of the United States and Canada for the first time
In 2021, for the first time, large batches of frozen raspberries made in Ukraine were exported to the United States and Canada.
According to Ukrinform, this is an analytical platform for the fruit and vegetable business Egg fruits.
“After the young parties were sent to Canada and the United States in the amount of one sea container. Logistics took almost a month and a half, and the buyer was satisfied that he delivers sufficient products and reconsiders the possibility of continuing cooperation with Ukrainian suppliers on an ongoing basis, “- said in a comment.
The importance of this distribution for the development of production and its freezing in Ukraine is the high level of requirements for product quality and logistics, which have been successfully overcome by Ukrainian suppliers. Answer, a Ukrainian raspberry exporter has previously successfully passed FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) certification.
East-fruit analysts also point out that the United States and Canada have traditionally paid their prices for imported raspberries more than other major importing countries, creating invisible opportunities for Ukrainian exporters to invest in improving product quality.
“In the United States and Canada, about 80% of total global imports of frozen raspberries in value terms and about 65% in kind. Getting on the direct position of frozen raspberries in a country with a high level of import prices for this berry is a very important step for the further development of the berry business in Ukraine. Ukrainian freezing berries can attract the strengthening of the technological level of switching and boxes of frozen raspberries and pay a higher price to suppliers “, – the emergence of the economic investment department of the Satisfaction Program and the United Nations Agricultural Organization (FAO) Andriy Yarmak.
According to experts, the platforms for Ukraine, which are going to move to the world’s five largest exporters of frozen raspberries, are very firmly entrenched in the two most important markets, due to the peculiarities of the observed growth, which will participate all 20 years. 2022-2024.
As reported, exports of Ukrainian berries to the EU increased. In 2018, the European Union exported more than 12.5 tons of raspberries, and in 2020 – more than 18 tons.