Serbia is among the largest apple producers in South-east Europe and still growing. Due to Serbia’s free trade agreement with Russia and the various economic sanctions on Russia, Serbian apples have found their largest export market in Russia for more than a decade. More than 90 percent of apples were sold to Russia.

Serbian Apple Producers Expand Fair Trade with the World

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Serbia is among the largest apple producers in South-east Europe and still growing. Due to Serbia’s free trade agreement with Russia and the various economic sanctions on Russia, Serbian apples have found their largest export market in Russia for more than a decade. More than 90 percent of apples were sold to Russia.

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Serbian Apple Producers Expand Fair Trade with the World
“For all us small producers cooperation with large fruit producers is of existential importance. Without them we would not succeed, nor be able to sell our apples. Everything they do on a large scale, we do on a small scale,” said Dušan Stanišić, one of Serbia’s numerous small producers integrated into the supply chain of large companies.
Mirjana Vukša Zavišić, USAID
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