Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Strawberry supply significantly up in Crimea
Crimean growers have reported of more active shipments of strawberries this week, according to Fruit-Inform, and growing supply has already started exerting significant pressure on prices.
Now growers are ready to ship their strawberries at RUB 330-370/kg (USD 4.69-5.25/kg), depending on variety and shipment volume, a decrease of a third week-on-week. For comparison, a week before, prices of first small volumes of Crimean strawberries averaged RUB 500/kg (USD 7.10/kg).
The Crimean strawberry season started averagely a week earlier than last year. We would remind you that first Crimean strawberries arrived in the market in the last week of April 2015 and were offered at prices 32-36% higher than current levels.
More detailed information about the Ukrainian berry market developments will be presented at the 7th International Conference «Berries of Ukraine-2016: Frozen Produce & Fresh Market», which will be held on May 19-20, 2016, Cherkasy, Ukraine.
To learn more about the event, please contact International Relations Department of Fruit-Inform:
tel: +380 562 320795 (ext. - 341)
cell: +380 96 5836323 (Ievgen Kuzin)
e-mail: [email protected]