Stone fruit production in Latvia - Cost 873

Fruit and berry processing- The largest processing enterprises which use also Latvian-grown rawmaterial make juices or juice concentrates, additives to ice-cream andyoghurt.- The amount apples sold for processing at present is decreasing, becausein the modern intensive orchards it is more profitable to produce dessertfruits.- Joining the EU stimulated the establishing of small and home processingenterprises which use not only the traditional fruits and berries, but alsonew crops with high nutritive value – seabuckthorn, Japanese quince,cranberry.- At the moment there are about 30 such enterprises in Latvia, whoseactivities help to diversify the processed products in the market.