Russian growers are unhappy with developments in the early apple segment. Most of them are ready to abandon the harvesting of early apple varieties due to a sharp collapse in prices. There is a lack of end-consumer demand as well.
In the current season, the harvest of early apples in Russia is slightly higher than a year ago. Key market players attribute this fact to the increase in areas of apple orchards in almost all regions of the country. Despite a fairly good harvest, local producers today face two rather serious problems. These are sales channels for the current apple harvest and a large percentage of imported apples on the Russian market.
Today “Geneva” apples are sold at 26-35 RUB/kg ($ 0.35-0.47/kg), which is on average 20% cheaper than at the end of last week. Compared to the same period last year, the prices for early apple varieties in Russia are on average 1.5 times lower today. For comparison: in mid-July 2020, apple prices were announced at the level of 50-75 RUB/kg ($ 0.67-1/kg).
Source: east-fruit.com
