Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Apricot sales start at Ukrainian wholesale markets
Apricot sales have started at Ukrainian wholesale markets, according to Fruit-Inform daily price monitoring.
For the present, apricots are shipped in small volumes at prices, which are significantly higher year-on-year.
Current prices vary between UAH 38-42/kg (EUR 1.52-1.68/kg), depending on quality, at Dubovo Wholesale Market, Khmelnytskyi, averagely twice as high as in the same period of the previous season.
Apricot prices have also doubled year-on-year at Shuvar Wholesale Market, Lviv, and now sellers are ready to ship at UAH 49/kg (EUR 1.96/kg).
Apricots are offered at UAH 30/kg (EUR 1.20/kg) at Ozerka Wholesale Market, Dnipropetrovsk, an increase of 20% compared with a year before.
The highest prices are quoted at Stolychnyi Wholesale Market, Kiev: apricots are sold at UAH 55-60/kg (EUR 2.20-2.40/kg) there, an increase of 70-120% year-on-year.
Fruit-Inform analysts expect apricot prices to be significantly higher in Ukraine in the current season in view of a considerable fall in apricot production due to unfavorable weather conditions. As we have previously informed, a fall in production is also expected to be registered in the segments of other stonefruits and grapes.
More detailed information about the Ukrainian fruit and vegetable market situation and development trends is available in the fundamental study «Fruit & Vegetable Market of Ukraine-2015: Results and Forecasts for the Next Season».
To learn more about the study, please contact International Relations Department of Fruit-Inform:
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