1. Update of Berry Production in Europe - report data of the last year of production and trend of the last 3 years COUNTRY: Serbia Dr Djurdjina Ružić Fruit Research Institute, Čačak, Serbia

2. Serbia

3. Statistical yearbook of Serbia - 2006 2005 Total Trees (in 1,000) Production (in 1,000 tones) Yield per tree (kg) All Trees of productive age (in 1,000) Apples 16,580 14,805 1981.4 Pears 5,560 4,958 479.4 Quinces 1,090 9269.710.5 Plums 47,028 42,583 3047.1 Cherries 2,002 1,834 19.810.7 Sour cherries 10,201 8,938 63.97.1Total Trees (in 1,000) Production (in 1,000 tones) Yield per tree (kg) All Trees of productive age (in 1,000) Apricots 1,816 1,583 13.68.6 Peaches 4,762 3,993 51.612.9 Walnuts 1,964 1,712 20.612.1 Area, ha Production tones Yield/ha in tones Strawberries 8354 32,299 3.9 Raspberries 15,413 84,331 5.5

4. ProductionAverageHaTonesTrendComments Strawberry 8,173 34,324 Strawberry covered acerage is stable with slightly downward movement, but the yields tend to be in rise Raspberry 14,500 68,000 Serbia is a major producer and exporter of raspberry in spite of slight decrease in production Blackberry 3,450 27,700 Bluberry31 Out of which, 27 ha a new plantings Currants--- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Waterpower Engineering of the Republic of Serbia, Chamber of Commerce, Valjevo and from Fruit Research Institute, Čačak Sources

5. ProductionAverageGrowersMarketTrendComments Strawberry 1.10 Euro 1.43 Euro Market prices are being increased due to the current tendency of growing early cultivars Raspberry 0.73 Euro 1.19 Euro Market prices are presented as average prices of exported frozen products (block, rollend and gries) Blackberry 1.00 Euro 1.60 Euro Market prices are presented as average prices of exported frozen products (rollend) Bluberry-- - Currants---

6. Destination % Local Big Chain Big ChainIndustryComments Strawberry501040 The supply of the local market is in rise; no official data are available, and the stated is the result of a rough estimate Raspberry9190 No official data are available Blackberry9190 Bluberry-- - Currants---

7. Exchange Trend Import Export ExportTrendComments Strawberry Slight downward movement in the import, the export is of minor importance Raspberry Import is not evidenced, export shows slight downward move- ment Blackberry Import is not evidenced, export is in rise Bluberry Currants With the export amounting to about 100 million of EUR, raspberry is strategic product of the Serbian economy...so this production should be intensified by more dynamic change in assortment, better growing technology and higher degree of processing.

8. Research Trend PublicPrivateTrendComments Strawberry We don’t have the private research institutions Raspberry Blackberry Bluberry Currants

9. 1.SELENA 2.Miss 3.Elsanta 4.Clery 5.Eris 6.Madeleine 7.Maya 8.Arosa 9. Dora 10. Kore 11. Onda 12. Paros 13. Patty 14. Sveva 15. Alba 16. Raurica 17. Queen Elisa The most spread Don’t cultivate: 1.Cortina 2.Marmolada 3.Addie 4.Carezza Near processing industry: Senga Sengana - again cv Čačanska Rana

10. The cv Willamette has the greatest share in raspberry varietal structure (over 92%). In recent years, growing of cv Meeker has been on the increase (5-6%) and Tulameen, Heritage, Polana, Polka, Autumn Bliss. Polka

11. Cv Čačanska Bestrna is dominant (75%) and Thornfree, Dirksen Thornless, Hull Thornless, Black Satin. We introduce slowly: cvs Chester Thornless, Loch Nees, Arapaho, Navaho and Apache With thorns: cvs Darrow and Gazda Čačanska bestrna

12. Black Currants: Čačanska Crna, Tsema, Tenax, Ben Nevis Recently, we introduce Ben Connan and Ben Hope. Red Currants: Industria, Detvan, Red Lake and more over Rovada White Currants: Blanka and Primus Čačanska crna

13. The most spread blueberry cultivar in Serbia is Bluecrop Bluetta, Reka, Duke, Nui, Ozarkblue

14. Fruit Research Institute Kralja Petra I 9, 32000 Čačak, Serbia Tel.: +381 (032) 221-413, 221-375 Fax: + 381 (032) 221-391 E-mail: institut-cacak@eunet.yuinstitut-cacak@eunet.yu www.institut-cacak.org