Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
The increasing number of tourists in Crimea enhanced the attraction of fruit and vegetable business
Crimean news agency informed with the reference to the Minister of Resorts and Tourism in AR Crimea that about 5.6 mln of people have visited Crimea since the beginning of this year, and 4.7 mln in the past year. He also said that resort season 2004 is considered to be the best one for the recent 15 years, cause budget revenues during 9 months have amounted to 1,098 mln UAH, and during the resort season - 561 mln. UAH that is 51% of the total sum of tax revenues in AR Crimea. To the opinion of the Ministry specialists, the resort season in Crimea will last till November.
According to information of Agricultural Marketing Project (AMP) specialists, a favorable resort season fostered the relatively high level of the prices on vegetable commodities; the prices for fruits have achieved an extremely high level because of considerable harvest losses. A number of farmers and private producers - AMP clients - managed to earn an additional profit thanks to these circumstances, selling their commodities on Eupatoria and Simferopol markets. Part of fruit commodities was supplied on Crimean markets from Odesa oblast by AMP clients, and it was sold for more attractive prices than it can be on Kyiv markets