Ukraine was the largest supplier of apples to the Uzbek market in January of this year, despite the ongoing war, complicated and expensive logistics, and other difficulties that Ukrainian gardeners are facing.
According to EastFruit, in January 2023, apple exports from Ukraine to Uzbekistan reached 360 tons and exceeded the supply volumes of the same month in 2022 by 24%, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine had not yet begun.
“It is interesting to note that Ukrainian apples ousted apples from Iran, Moldova and Turkey. Deliveries of fresh apples from these countries to Uzbekistan fell by 32 times, 3 times and 4 times, respectively. By the way, in January, Poland almost caught up with Ukraine in terms of apple supplies to Uzbekistan, which exported 351 tons of apples to this remote, but very profitable market,” the report says.
As monitoring shows, wholesale prices for fresh Golden Delicious apples in Ukraine and Poland in January 2023 were three or more times lower than in Uzbekistan. At the same time, prices in Moldova were slightly higher than in Ukraine and Poland. In February 2023, apple prices in Uzbekistan continued to rise, but remained stable in Ukraine and Poland, making exports to Uzbekistan even more profitable.
In December 2022, Ukraine exported 274 tons of fresh apples to Uzbekistan, and in November, when there were still a lot of local cheap apples on the Uzbek market, 39 tons.
In 2022, the export of Ukrainian apples to Uzbekistan reached its peak in February-April, when over one and a half thousand tons of fresh Ukrainian apples were exported within three months.
