This year, Ukrainian gardeners can get the most generous sweet cherry harvest in history. As experts predict, export deliveries of this year's berries are capable of reaching 5 thousand tons.
Whereas in the previous year 80% of the total volume of sweet cherries was exported to Russia, this year it is planned to establish export deliveries to the markets of Middle Eastern countries.
The number of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises that received certificates for exporting products to European countries in 2019 became more. In EU countries, crop failures are expected due to weather disasters.
In Ukraine, cherry prices in June this year will be equal to last year's prices. It is possible that the cost of berries this summer will be even lower than in 2018.
For quite some time now, EU countries have been net importers of this berry. Their share in world product imports is 25%. At the same time, imports in Europe are growing more actively than exports, and competition is constantly increasing.
For information, in 2018, the countries of Western and Eastern Europe received one of the most generous stone fruit crops, including sweet cherries. Excessive supply of berries has led to a collapse in prices in the domestic and foreign markets.