Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Further increase in Ukrainian fresh produce price index in January
Fruit-Inform Ukrainian fresh produce price index went up by 10.4% in the period from December 26th to January 16th. As a result, the price index has grown by 64.8% since November.
«Thanks to exports of traditional vegetables, there was no traditional decrease in the demand and prices in the first two weeks of January after a slight increase in prices before the New Year holidays», says Ms. Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform.
The sharpest increase in prices was registered in the segment of traditional vegetables: up by 29.6%. Potatoes have become 12.5% more expensive, prices of greenhouse vegetables have grown by 10.3%, and fruit prices have gone up by 6.9% with none of fresh produce categories to have become less expensive during the reporting period.
A further increase in prices of domestic apples should also be note. However, they are still competitive in the Ukrainian market thanks to the devaluation of the Ukrainian hryvnia.
We would remind you that more detailed information about current developments in the Russian and Ukrainian fruit and vegetable market is available for the subscribers of Fruit-Inform service packages.