18:16 28.03.2017

Ukraine more than triples exports of cranberries, bilberries in 2016

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Ukraine more than triples exports of cranberries, bilberries in 2016

Ukraine exported 2,900 tonnes of cranberries and bilberries in 2016, and this was 3.3 times more than in 2015, Ukraine's Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry has reported.

According to a Tuesday posting, the largest importers of Ukrainian berries were Poland (1,400 tonnes), the Netherlands (613 tonnes) and Belarus (541 tonnes). In general, exports of cranberries and bilberries brought $6.9 million of currency income last year.

The ministry said that exports of raspberries, blackberries and mulberries more than doubled, to 720 tonnes and exports of strawberries grew by 1.7 times, to 2,270 tonnes.

"First since 2013 Ukraine exported 79 tonnes of currant for $18,200," the ministry said.

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