In 2012, Russia continues to be the main destination outside the EU for the Spanish exports of fruit and vegetables. In February, shipments grew 50% regarding the same months of 2011, adding up to 47,362 tons.
A group of entrepreneurs began to reconstruct the canning factory in Volgograd region. The plant will produce purees, eggs, sauces, jams, pickled vegetables and salads
Russian Union of Juice Producers informed that in 2011 juices that are produced in Russia occupy 98% of the market, at the same time the consumption of juices increased.
Government, while announcing the ban through the then Information minister, Mr.
Jerry Gana said: "Nigeriahas decided to ban all imports of
ready-to-drink fruit juice. The restrictions were designed to help local
industry compete with foreign goods. Fruit juice can be brought intoNigeriaonly in concentrate form and in drums but
not in retail-finished product. Not in retail packs, ready to drink. So, if you
want to import fruit juice, it must be in drums, so that it can be packed
inNigeriaso that there will be value added and this
will generate employment, generate income."
With the local fruit production
remaining low, companies, which engage in fruit juice packaging here, have
continued to depend on imported concentrates. Available statistics indicate
that since the ban, local demand for fruit concentrate has risen from 1.5
million kg in 2002 to about 30 million kg in 2007. Consequent upon the ban,
investment in fruit juice processing activities increased rapidly in order to
meet domestic demand.
Some large Nigerian food-processing companies started
to invest in facilities for fruit juice packaging. For example, in 2002,
Coca-Cola Nigeria Plc invested over $200 million in fruit juice processing and
packaging plant, and veered into farming to obtain concentrate for its Five
Alive Brand. In 2006, Dangote Group established Dansa Foods Limited for the
production of "Dansa" brand of fruit juice. SCOA Nigeria Plc followed suit in
the same year through the setting up of its $8.5 million Tropic'ice fruit juice
processing plant inLagos.
Before the
entrance of big companies into the business, there were such firms as Chivita
Nigeria Limited and other small and medium enterprises, which process and
package all kinds of fruit juice products in the country. All these indigenous
processors source their concentrates directly from foreign suppliers, although
sometimes, they buy from local agents, representatives of foreign
suppliers.
All proceessors prefer fruit concentrates contained in asceptic
packs, which are shipped into the country in frozen form and stored in cold
storage facilities at temperature of not less than -18 degrees
Centigrade.
Available records show that since the ban, consumption has
increased by approximately 10 per cent per year. Bulk of the product is imported
from companies in Europe, South America, Asia andSouth Africa.
