Russia's apple imports down in December 2013
In particular, imports in December 2013 stood at 117,000 tons, a decrease of 6% year-on-year.
Russia's cumulative imports in the first 6 months of the season 2013/14 totalled 466,000 tons, a decrease of 11% compared with the same period of the previous season, when imports had reached record high 524,000 tons.
Thanks to an increase of 13% in exports, Moldova was the largest supplier of apples to the Russian Federation in the first half of the current season. Poland, Serbia and China also were the key exporters.
Source: fruit-inform.com
