Uzbekistan unexpectedly became one of the most attractive apple markets for exporters and growers from Ukraine in the 2021/22 season. This season's prices are abnormally high in Uzbekistan. For example, such a popular variety as “Golden Delicious” in Uzbekistan has become a real “golden apple” – they cost an average of 6.5 times more than in Ukraine! A similar price difference is observed for other popular varieties.
It is not surprising that with such a significant difference in price, Ukrainian exporters send about 150-200 tons of fresh apples to Uzbekistan monthly. By the end of December 2021, more than 460 tons of new harvest apples have already been delivered to Uzbekistan. This allowed Uzbekistan to enter the Top-10 most important sales markets for Ukrainian apples this season.
Although apple prices in Uzbekistan are abnormally high, a high level of apple prices is also observed in other countries of the region. In particular, quality apples are quite expensive in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. We wrote that apples from Ukraine and Moldova are sold well in Tajikistan.
Kazakhstan has also already imported almost 200 tons of fresh apples from Ukraine in the first months of the 2021/22 season. As a result, Kazakhstan is the 17th among the largest importing countries of Ukrainian apples.
Source: east-fruit.com