Poland takes most of the hits

The Freshfel data also provide a deeper insight into the fruit and vegetable exports from the EU to Russia. It reveals what products were exported to Russia by each country, in what volumes and for how many dollars. Today, Eastern Europe, especially Poland, which has been hit hard.

Eastern Europe, especially Poland exports many
Of the Eastern European countries, Poland was by far the largest exporter to Russia. Of the sixteen most exported products, Hungary has the twelfth place; the other fifteen places are taken by Polish exports. Apples are clearly on top, with over 705,000 tonnes. Second are cabbages with 70,000 tonnes. For most Polish products on the top the export volumes increased compared to 2012. Only for pears and mushrooms did the volume drop.

Hungary, on the twelfth place, reaches this position with the export of sour cherries. In 2013, the country exported 4,200 tonnes of cherries; a year earlier it had shipped 4850 tonnes.

In dollars, Eastern Europe shows a similar picture. Besides the tenth place, occupied by Hungary, the top 17 are taken by Polish products. The most revenue was made by Poland’s apple exports, with more than 389 million Euro, followed by mushrooms, tomatoes and pears with 62, 52 and 38 million respectively. Hungarian sour cherry exports made a total of 5.8 million Euro.