This week in Ukraine began potatoes will become more expensive.
This was reported by URA-Inform with reference to EastFruit.
The main reason is the increased interest of wholesale companies and retail chains. According to analysts, prices are currently for potatoes fluctuate in the range of 22-30 UAH/kg ($0.53-0.72/kg), which is on average 22% more expensive than the week before.
“Market operators associate the intensification of trading activity in this segment with the increased interest of wholesale companies and retail chains, which have already begun to stock up for the New Year holidays. At the same time, they do not rule out the possibility of further price increases in this segment, but they admit that a sharp increase in prices should not be expected,” — the report says.
In addition, according to experts, today potatoes in Ukraine cost on average 85% more than in the same period last year. As the experts explained, the price increase is due to with the reduction in potato production in Ukraine this year.
“The main reason for the decline in production this crop was the drought that was observed in almost all the main regions of potato cultivation in the summer period,” EastFruit noted.
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