Orange price trends in January 2022 in Uzbekistan where completely opposite to the same month of 2021 and 2020 according to EastFruit. Prices for fresh oranges increased during the first month of 2022 while they were mostly dropping in the same month of previous two years. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, the wholesale price of onions in Tajikistan continues to grow rapidly, renewing previous records. Literally in one day, wholesale prices for onions increased by 1 TJS, which is equivalent to 8 US cents or an increase of 13% during 24 hrs. Prices have already
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Representatives of the Association of Grape Producers and Exporters of Moldova noted that in 2022 exports of table grapes from Moldova to Romania almost doubled compared to the previous year. Exports of Moldovan grapes to Poland increased even faster – it has tripled in comparison to 2021 in
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As EastFruit price monitoring shows, prices for carrots have been rising on the Moldovan fruit and vegetable market for two weeks in a row now. After a slight and short decline caused by a reduction in consumer demand for all vegetables of the so called “borscht set” (potatoes,
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Representatives of the Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Sciences (Ukraine) developed and officially registered seven new blackcurrant varieties. Breeders have been working on their varieties for almost 20 years, according to EastFruit. read more

For many years, EastFruit analysts have been actively promoting investments into production of frozen fruits, berries, and vegetables in the countries of Central Asia. Finally, in the recent couple of years we see a result of our efforts – the exports of frozen produce from Uzbekistan are
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According to EastFruit analysts, Ukrainian producers were able to increase exports of frozen raspberries in 2022 beating the previous record! This is especially amazing considering extremely difficult conditions due to the Russian war and occupation of some territories of Ukraine, labor
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According to EastFruit analysts, in the recent 10 days wholesale prices for table grapes of all kinds in Moldova increased by 1-2 MDL per kg ($US 0.05-0.10/kg) or by 5-7%. Consequently, the export price of Moldova variety grapes is record high for this period, despite the export ban for Moldovan
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Over the past five to six years Moldova reduced area of apple each by a few hundred hectares each year. While in Moldova had 53 thousand hectares of apple orchard the total area went down in 2017 to 49 thousand hectares. New plantings were also made but the pace of new apple orchard development
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Tornike Mzhavanadze, an entrepreneurand now an inventor from Georgia, together with his partner Levan Shanava grows garden strawberries in the open field in the subalpine zone of Samtskhe-Javakheti region. Back in 2015, Tornike thought about growing strawberries in greenhouses on a dynamic
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EastFruit team is starting a series of market reports on frozen berries, fruits and vegetables. The first analytical report will be devoted to raspberries – the key product that gave impetus to the development of shock freezing industry in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. read more