Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Ukrainian fresh produce price index down again
Fruit-Inform Ukrainian fresh produce price index has fallen by another 11.6% in the week from May 28th to June 3rd, after a decrease of 5.1% a week before. As a result, fruit and vegetable prices have been decreasing in Ukraine for the 5th week in a row.
As a week before, negative price trend was observed in all fresh produce segments of the Ukrainian market with the most significant decrease in prices registered in the segment of traditional vegetables: down by 22.7% week-on-week due to an increase in the supply of early vegetables and their lower prices. A decrease of 17.2% in potato prices should also be noted.
As regards the segment of greenhouse vegetables, tomato prices were stable, while cucumber ones halved over a week due to lack of export demand and growing supply.
Fresh fruits became 1% less expensive week-on-week. A decrease of 10% in strawberry prices and 3.7% in banana ones was almost compensated by a sharp rise in prices of sweet cherries observed due to extremely high demand for them and their limited supply.
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