In the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Idared apple harvest has recently begun.
In Russia in particular, Idared is one of the most expensive apple varieties - the average wholesale price is $0.55 per kilo, and the minimum price does not fall below $0.46 per kilo. So Idared is

Serbia leads in apple exports to Russia
Serbia has exported 61,700 tons of apples to Russian since the beginning of the season 2014/15, an increase of 70% compared with July-November 2013 and the highest volume over at least the past 5

Moldova in search of alternative export markets for apples in EU
Moldovan exporters say that the share of the Russian Federation accounts for about 80% of total apple exports from Moldova. Taking that into account, a decrease in Russia's imports may

Russia: lower demand for Moldovan apples
 Due to that, Moldovan farmers have not managed to raise export prices of apples yet, despite closer end of the season. “Apple exports to Russia are not high for the present. Furthermore,

Apples from Moldova push Polish fruits from Russian market
During July 2013 - January 2014 period Moldova has exported around 150 000 tons of apples to the domestic fruit market of Russia. This figure is 8% bigger comparing to the previous period

Demand for export apples is falling
Nowadays Russians import apples from Moldova and Serbia. Unfortunately for Polish producers such situation might remain till November when there will be no supply from those countries and

Poland: slightly bigger demand for Polish apples in Russia
On the Russian market the supply of domestic apples is decreasing and as a result one can observe growing interest in imported fruit, also from Poland. However till the end of the year the

Poland: apples cheaper than last year
As long as Russia and Ukraine do not import bigger amount of Polish apples the prices cannot increase. The supply of apples is high and their quality is good but producer prices at the level of