July 19 2007, 14:01

Market players expect price growth for cabbage in August

The specialists of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits"

report that the farms are selling cabbage of medium varieties at the present moment. As of today, the sales prices for cabbage fluctuate within the limits $0.5-0.9/kg depending on the region where the sales are performed. Such price is quite satisfactory for the producers.

Today's supply of cabbage on market is not able to fully satisfy the demand; some producers even manage to increase the sales prices. The reason for the insufficient quantity of the supplies of medium cabbage varieties is the fact that many producers focused on late cabbage variety production this season. The second important reason is a steady hot weather, which leads to the reduction of the harvest of medium cabbage varieties primarily in the central and southern regions of Ukraine.

Talking about the future perspectives, most market players are united to think: even if cabbage prices are to change in the coming month, they will be reconsidered upwards only. The thing is, the quantity of medium cabbage supplies will gradually reduce, and the large-scale harvesting of late cabbage will start not earlier than in October 2007.