Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Melon of Ukrainian origin came to market, the price on this commodity is decreasing rapidly
In the beginning of past week the melon of the national origin came to the wholesale markets of the southern regions, according to the information provided by Roman Rybalko, the Price Monitoring Specialist of Agricultural Marketing Project. On Kopani market, Kherson oblast , the price on this commodity has decreased from USD $ 2.96 down to $ 0.59-0.89/kg during the previous week. At this moment the wholesale price on melon is USD $ 1.58/kg in Kyiv.
There are no nationally produced water-melons for sale yet, though some vendors in Zakarpattya insist that the sold commodities are produced in the southern regions of Ukraine. The imported water-melons cost now USD $ 1.78/kg in Kyiv.
AMP information. According to the data of the official statistics, about 62,000 tons of melon are produced in Ukraine. The leading melon producers are Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Odesa and Dnepropetrovsk oblasts, where about 78% of the gross melon yield of Ukraine is grown.