According to the Ministry of Revenues Ukraine imported 180 thousand tons of fruit in May-August 2013, of them 30% (66 thousand tons) were bananas
The leader among importer countries was the Dominican Republic. This country imported about 43% of bananas to Ukraine. The budget received 136.3 million UAH in customs duties.
The runner-up of the "fruit season" was stone fruits. This product group includes: apricots, cherries, sweet cherries, peaches, etc. In general, they were imported into Ukraine in the amount of about 37.2 tons with 84.1 million UAH paid in customs duties. Major importers in this category were Spain and Greece.
Top three is rounded out by the citrus fruits. Over May-August 2013 more than 30 thousand tons of citruses were imported to Ukraine; the budget received almost 58 million UAH in customs payments from the biggest importers – Egypt and Turkey.
Overall, in May-August this year Ukraine imported 180.6 thousand tons of different fruits. The budget received 452.7 million UAH in customs duties.
