Fruits and vegetables in Serbia

- Production of fruits in Serbia – 1.070.000 t(strawberry, cherry, apricot, sour cherry, raspberry, blackberry, pear, peach, plum)

- Production of vegetables in Serbia – 2.016.000 t with mil tons of potato (tomato, cabbage, cucumber, carrot …)

- Production of fruits and vegetables is increasing – according to market demands, use of new technologies

Production of fruits in Serbia

Strawberry – 9.000tCherry – 5.000tPeach – 22.000tApricot – 5.000tSour cherry –

102.000tRaspberry – 95.000tBlackberry – 30.000tApple – 290.000tPear – 3.500tPlum – 520.000t

New plantations

Production – increase of areas under fruit production

Modern plantations Certified planting material Varieties adjusted to the market demands Plant protection – professional assistance Irrigation and anti-hail measures

Production of vegetablesStill small areas under plastic/ glasshouses Bigger production in open fields – seasonal

characterSmall land parcels Lack of organization (sales of products)Potato – quite well regulated crop (seed and

mercantile potato) Changes of assortment in favor of white

varietiesStandards in production

Standards

- Traceability - Global G.A.P. - ISO 9001: 22000-HACCP-BRC-Kosher-Halal-Accredited laboratories that monitor production

MARKET – placement 0f products

•- Local market•- Processing •- Export - surrounding countries - EU - Russian Federation

Export of fruits and vegetables

Export of fruits

Fresh: 280 000 tFrozen: 220 000 tDried: 7 000 t

Export of veggies

Fresh: 60 000 tFrozen: 64 000 tCanned: 15 000 tDried: 5 000 t

Export of frozen fruits (by countries)

Strawberry - exported to 30-38 countries world wide

Sour cherry, raspberry, blackberry, plum - the most important export to: Germany, Austria, The Netherlands,

Belgium, France, Swiss, Denmark, Sweden, Finland etc.

Development of fruity sectorIncrease of areas under strawberry

prodductionChange of varieties in blackberry production

(chester , lohnes)Increase of areas under raspberry production

Apple, pear, quince, sour cherry, peach,

apricot

Evica MihaljevićAsocijacija Plodovi SrbijeHladnjacesrbije@yahoo.comTel: +381.11.26.99.198Mob: +381.64.120.18.56