November 20 2006, 12:05

Ukraine: prices for bananas and citrus fruits have declined

The wholesale prices for bananas and citrus fruits have somewhat decreased since the previous week on the market of Ukraine. According to the forecast, the prices for tangerines have decreased the most dramatically down to 25% in average during one week. The wholesale prices for oranges have gone down 13%, for lemons - 3%. The wholesale price for bananas has decreased in average 2% in Kyiv since the previous week.

The specialists think that the prices for bananas and citrus fruits can increase 10-20% by the New Year holidays. We point out that the prices for these commodities are on a relatively low level now. The prices for most exotic fruits are comparable or even lower than the prices for apples of Ukrainian origin.

You can get more information about the perspectives of Ukrainian fruit market from the leading experts of the industry during the third international conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2006. Open Market" on December 5th-6th 2006. We remind that registration is obligatory to participate in the conference. Less than a week is left till the end of registration of the conference participants.