October 3 2016, 11:43 Fruit-Inform

Ukrainian fresh produce price index sharply up

Fruit-Inform Ukrainian fresh produce price index has grown by 15.3% last week (September 24^th – 30^th), after an increase of 4.5% a week before. As a result, fruits and vegetables have become 23.6% more expensive in Ukraine over the past three weeks.

A rise of 37.4% in prices of seasonal and greenhouse vegetables again made the largest contribution to growth in the fresh produce price index. Prices of traditional vegetables also went up by 7.6%: a decrease in onion prices was more than compensated by more expensive table beets and white cabbage.

Potato prices also grew by 13% due to information about low production and quality this year. Meanwhile, fruit prices were stable in the majority of cases with positive price trend registered only in the segment of apples for processing.