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Who has been importing fruit since when, who is most successful in orchard production, and what to expect in the market is one of the main issues in the region this season as fruit prices rise.
Croatian media report that they import fruit into that country and eat plums from Serbia, Moldova and North Macedonia because their production areas have been significantly reduced. They also import large quantities of prunes: two-thirds come from Chile and Serbia.
Unlike Croatia, whose plum production shows no signs of recovery and growth, neighboring countries such as Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and even North Macedonia, but also Romania are successfully developing their production, and in addition to table plums every time more market and export various products based on this fruit. – from brandy, prunes, compote to jam, it is added.
– Neighboring Serbia produces around 500,000 tons of plums, the production in Bosnia and Herzegovina ranges between 150,000 and 200,000 tons, while Romania also reaches 500,000 tons – Miroslav Kuskunović pointed out for “Slobodna Dalmacija”, as reported by Tanjug. All the data show that the fruit production in Croatia is in structural problems, which are conditioned by the non-investment in new technologies, varieties, new modern orchards.
Plum has been the most represented fruit species in Serbia for years, although areas and yields are also gradually decreasing. According to data from the Office of Statistics of the Republic, in 2018, plums currently grow in the largest areas of our country, in 72,923 hectares or 39.87 percent of the total area of orchards.
The apple ranks second (26,658 hectares or 14.57 percent), followed by raspberries (13.61 percent) and cherries (10.70 percent).
As Dr. Ivan Glisic from the Department of Fruit and Viticulture at the Faculty of Agriculture of Cacak told Politika, Serbia is a major producer and exporter of plums, and this year the price of that fruit is more correct.
He explains that six or seven years ago, plum growers were really humiliated by the price. Because of that, interest dropped, growers neglected the orchards, even cleared them, and no new ones were built.
– But even at that time, Serbia had a lot of plantations, so now we have welcomed this situation, when the price has gone up a bit, with a reduced but good yield. We are still at the top of European production, we have no problem as Croats in that this fruit no longer exists. Serbia and Romania are the largest producers in Europe, explains Glisic for “Politika”. According to him, the interest is returning for the varieties of plums to brandy, which causes a more correct price for this fruit.
– We hope it continues like this because we have neglected this fruit in previous years. The producer was in a bad position when he was offered eight to ten dinars per kilogram in those years. We need to appreciate our plum more – says Ivan Glisic.
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