Russia is still an interesting market despite the 15% drop in imports during 2012. The total imported volume reached almost 8.9 million tonnes, according to data published by Freshtel, provided by the Russian Federal State Statistics Service.
The most important categories in 2012 were citrus, with 1.58 million tonnes (4.9% less than in 2011), apples, with 1.27 million tonnes, which represents 7.6% of the total, and bananas, with 1.26 million tonnes.
Source: fyh.es