date:Oct 16, 2017
ich is over 20% less than in the previous season, i.e. a drop of about 26 thousand tonnes. Despite the increase in unit prices, the decline in export volume was so severe that the total export value fell by 10% to 125.9 million Euro.
The reduction of exports was a result of the lower production of frozen strawberries and their high prices. It is worth recalling that, according to the Central Statistics Office, the production of strawberries in 2016 amounted to 197 thousand tonnes and was 4% low