Garlic prices in Ukraine are twice as high as last year

This year, garlic prices in Ukraine have almost doubled, while the cost of planting garlic has remained at the same level as last year, EastFruit reports. Sergey Shish, director of the Agroinnovation company, specified the market situation in his column on AgroTimes: “If a year ago the wholesale price of garlic at the start of harvesting in July was 83-86 UAH/kg, then this year it reached 140-160 UAH/kg. At the same time, the clove for sowing remained at the current price, that is, the most favorable conditions for the producer have developed.” The author explained that the price increase is not at all situational and occurred because China began to reduce its sowing areas in order to raise the price, because in 2015 they dropped it to a minimum. Read also: Garlic will remain one of the most promising crops for Ukrainian farmers - opinion Spain and Argentina took advantage of this ...