Strawberry price rapidly declines in Odesa oblast
More or less large shipments of locally produced strawberry started to enter the market. The strawberry is supplied from the southern rayons of the oblast. This year strawberry hit the market a little bit later than in 2005; however the price is rapidly declining. At present moment the price relatively equals the past year price level. Small strawberry shipments are sold $1.96-2.54/kg in wholesale, and $2.35-3.13/kg on central retail market in Odesa. The price is twice as cheap as it was in the end of past week. On May 29th past 2005 year retail strawberry price was $2.7-3.13/kg, and it declined down to $0.58-0.78/kg in a week.
Assuming that many producers of field strawberry plan to start harvesting and selling produce by the end of May, the price decrease will probably continue next week.