Imports of fruits and vegetables in BiH in the first six months these year exceeded 265 million KM and increased is for even 12.8 percent compared to the same period Previous yeare.
In BiH, with fruits and vegetables are the most imported banana, apple, tomato, orange and seed potatoes, and the main importers of these products are Turkey, Croatia, Albania, Italy and the Netherlands.
The dominant place occupies bananas which in this period is imported 26,640 tons of the value of KM 44.5 million.
The following apples were imported in the value of 14.4 million KM, Tomato (13.4 million KM), oranges (13.1 million KM) and the Seed Potato 12.5 million KM.
We import most fruits and vegetables from Turkey, worth over 43 million marks.
When it comes to exports, BiH records a lot more modest results.
Among the products we export mostly dominate frozen raspberries that 2,785 tons were exported in the amount of 19.3 million KM in half a year.
There are dried and frozen mushrooms that were exported to 8.3 million KM, apples (2.8 million KM), beans (1.9 million) and young potatoes (1.6 million KM).
Most of these products were made to Serbia in the amount of 13.3 million, followed by Croatia (12 million KM), France (5.4 million KM), Switzerland (4.5 million KM), Germany (3.5 million).
In the Foreign Trade Chamber of BiH for Capital They say that although BiH has significant natural resources and agriocological conditions in particular in the segments of fruitage, livestock, and and farmers, for years, data on foreign trade in terms of foreign trade.
“Import of fruit and vegetables in the first six Months 2025. In BiH, BiH exceeded KM 265 million, with an increase of 12.8 percent Compared to the same period, the year earlier that tells us about the great dependence on imported products. Although BiH has recognizable export products such as raspberries, mushrooms, apple and plums, exports still remains quite more modest in relation to imports“They say in the foreign trade chamber.
They add that these data indicate the need for additional investments in this sector through greater support for agricultural producers, investment in infrastructure and mechanization, and better organization of production and chains of agricultural supply.
