2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Nearly 90 percent of Bulgarian raspberries are exported abroad. Native fruits are bought mainly from Germany, Belgium, England, France and the Netherlands, leaving the border either frozen or in the form of jam.
The news came personally from the chairman of the National Association of Raspberry Growers Bozhidar Petkov, who explained that the domestic consumption of raspberries in our country it is only within 5-10 percent.
And while foreign producers buy 70 percent of olives frozen, 20 percent crushed and lastly in the form of marmalades and juices, in our country the fruits are consumed mainly as juices or marmalades.
Quality fresh Bulgarian raspberries are sought after mainly on the Black Sea coast, where they are present in the menus of restaurants and hotels.
Until last year, second-quality fruits, which are used mainly for the production of compotes, marmalades and jams, were exported mainly to Russia, Petkov explained, but the embargo closed the markets there.
However, native raspberries have found a market in other European countries and more and more companies from the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK are importing delicious fruits from their home countries.
This is due to the ever higher quality of native raspberries, which has been observed in recent years.
The active campaign for harvesting raspberries is in full swing. A slight increase in purchase prices is expected this year, while farmers are reporting a rich harvest.
This year the purchase prices per kilogram of raspberries range from about 3.60-3.90 for industrial raspberries for production to BGN 4-6 per kilogram for fresh raspberries for direct consumption.
Prices are one idea higher than last year, when a kilogram of aromatic fruits was traded for about 3 - 3.60 levs per kilogram for raspberries, industrial production.
The prices of raspberries in our country depend directly on the yields and prices of the aromatic fruit in Serbia. This is due to the fact that in terms of quality the native raspberry is superior to the Serbian raspberry and a large part of the Serbian processors prefer to buy our raspberries.
The interest in native raspberries is due to the fact that they are offered at attractive prices, which are up to 20 percent lower.
Currently in Serbia, a kilo of raspberries of the Vilamet variety is bought at prices of 2.20 euros per kilogram, and the Miker variety is traded at prices of about 2.4 euros per kilogram. According to experts, higher fruit prices in Serbia are due to the deficit formed in recent years.
Against the background of the decline in raspberry production in Serbia, local producers expect a good raspberry harvest. Experts estimate that between 700 and 1,000 kg per decare will be harvested from the summer varieties Vilamen, Miker, Shopska and Bulgarian Ruby.
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