Characteristics of production, trade and consumption of plums in Serbia

The aim of the paper is to determine the importance of production, turnover and consumption of plums in Serbia in the period 2013-2022. The main data sources are the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS) and the International Trade Centre (Trade Map). Also, appropriate scientific and professional literature was used with contents that correspond to the topic of the paper. By applying a quantitative research method, the basic characteristics of the production, turnover and consumption of plums in Serbia were analyzed, namely: area, production, yield, statistical indicators (Import dependency ratio-IDR; Self-sufficiency ratio-SSR; Consumption per capita-Cpc) and the export of plums, both in terms of quantity and value. According to the obtained results, it was observed that the features of plums production are constantly decreasing, that Serbia has a low value of dependence on imports, a high rate of self-sufficiency in fresh plums because it exports significant quantities, high consumption per capita and that about 50% of the total value of exports is placed in the top five countries of the European Union (EU)