Russia first non-EEA market for EU producers

Fruit and vegetables exports from the EU to Russia, from January to November 2011, were around 2.35 million tons, representing an increase of 16% regarding the same period of 2010, consolidating Russia as the first non-EEA market for fruit and vegetable producers in the EU, according to FEPEX. In the analyzed period, Russia represented 39% of the total exported by EU to countries outside the Union.

Of the 2.35 million tons of fruit and vegetables exported by communitarian producers to Russia, between January and November 2011, that are the latest updated info from Eurostat - a total of 1.15 million tons correspond to vegetables and 1.20 million tons corresponds to fruit. The main exported vegetable is potato, with 596,671 tons, followed by onion with 124,658 tons. The main exported fruit is the apple with 465,550 tons, followed by pears, with 224,019 tons.

Inside EU, the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania, Belgium and Spain are the main exporters of fruit and vegetables to Russia.

Source: Fepex