July 17 2017, 15:20 Fruit-Inform

Ukrainian carrot exports almost 6 times as high as in previous season

Ukraine has significantly increased carrot exports in the season 2016/17, and the export volumes have grown almost 6 times year-on-year, according to Fruit-Inform.

They totaled 1,900 tons in July 2016 – May 2017 and peaked in October-November. Moldova was the main importer of Ukrainian carrots and accounted for about 90% of Ukraine’s total exports. Moreover, the Ukrainian carrot export volumes to Moldova increased 17.2 times year-on-year and amounted to 1,700 tons.

We would remind you that the Ukrainian carrot exports went down 13.4 times in the season 2015/16 and totaled just 322 tones, the lowest result ever. Such a sharp fall in exports was connected with the ban on imports from Ukraine introduced by the Russian Federation, previously the main export market for Ukrainian carrot exporters.