EastFruit team provides its weekly market update based on the trends observed at the EastFruit Trade Platform during the fourth week of March 2025.
Key Trends:
- Potato supply rises, prices drop across Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
- Ukrainian apples rise in price.
- White cabbage remains the top seller despite lower supply, led by Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and Macedonia.
- Ukraine trades radishes actively; Uzbekistan focuses on broccoli, cauliflower, and red cabbage.
- Lettuce and culinary herbs’ sales increase.
- Technology group activity grows.
Activity on the EastFruit Trade Platform dipped slightly, with fewer offers from Ukraine, Egypt, Iran, and Poland, but more from Uzbekistan and Macedonia. Kazakhstan and China re-entered the market. Eleven countries participated, with Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Poland, and Iran leading in listings. Vegetable sales were dominated by cabbage, followed by growing potato and onion offers, while carrots and beets declined. China offered garlic, anticipating a strong harvest. Apples led the fruit segment despite shrinking supply, with Ukraine’s first batch reaching India. Strawberry sales stayed low, limited to Greece and Macedonia.
Purchase demand focused on cabbage and carrots. Last year, carrots and onions topped sales, with Uzbekistan’s onion harvest slashing prices, alongside rising cucumber and Chinese cabbage offers.
Price Updates:
- Ukraine: Low potato demand cut prices; borscht items (potatoes, onions, cabbages, beetroots and carrots) rose. Cucumbers increased more slowly, tomatoes fell below 2024 levels, and apples climbed. Ukraine overtook Poland and Serbia as the top frozen raspberry exporter.
- Uzbekistan: Potatoes and cucumbers dropped; mandarins rose, oranges stabilized.
- Egypt: Export prices held steady.
- Other Offers: Georgia potatoes at $0.45/kg (EXW); Macedonia young cabbage at €0.85 FCA.
Technology Group:
EastFruit Fruittechnology listings grew, featuring fruit/berry seedlings (e.g., raspberries from Kyrgyzstan, cornelian cherries from Uzbekistan) and vegetable seedlings. Watermelon seed inquiries emerged, alongside more packaging and equipment offers (e.g., potato harvesters, greenhouse films). Swedish firm Vultus launched a satellite-based potato yield predictor.
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