Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Further seasonal decrease in Ukrainian fresh produce price index
Fruit-Inform Ukrainian fresh produce price index went down by 2.1% in the week from June 7th to 13th, after a fall of 7.7% a week before.
«The situation in the Ukrainian fresh produce market was mixed last week as worse weather provoked an increase in prices in some cases», says Ms. Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform. «An overall decrease in the price index was registered thanks to only two categories: early cabbage and greenhouse cucumbers, which prices kept on gradually decreasing. At the same time, berries and greenhouse tomatoes became more expensive».
Cold and rainy weather led to a slight increase in tomato prices. Weather conditions also resulted in an increase in prices of strawberries and sweet cherries as the supply of high-quality fruits went down.
Meanwhile, early cabbage prices halved last week and reached the last year's levels and even lower in some regions. At the same time, despite a fall in cucumber prices and problems with exports to Russia, cucumbers were still twice as expensive as last year
In the following week, the Ukrainian market participants expect a significant increase in the supply of early potatoes, which prices are already often lower than ones for the 2013 potato crop.
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