Apple prices in Ukraine have broken a five-year record

This week, Ukrainian gardeners managed to actively raise the price of a quality apple. As EastFruit reports, today a high-quality apple from Ukrainian farms goes on sale in the range of UAH 14-22/kg ($0.37-0.58/kg), depending on the quality, variety and volume of the batch of the offered products. This is an average of 30% higher than at the end of the first week of January this year. It is noted that the key market players associate the increase in fruit prices with a significant increase in trade and purchasing activities in this segment. "According to the producers themselves, if a week earlier the demand for local apples was relatively low, today buyers of almost all categories are showing increased interest in purchasing this product," the analysts explain. It is noted that today apples in Ukraine are on average 50% more expensive than in the same period last year. At the same time, apple prices for the current season continue to set new records compared to the past five ...