High prices for raspberries will persist until September.

The Ukrainian berry market is experiencing a real price revolution. The cost of raspberries last year in mid-July was at the level of 110 UAH/kg, this year it is from 200 to 300 UAH/kg. This is reported by agronomy.com.ua. Raspberry price dynamics as of July 20: Market "Pochatok" (Odesa): retail 250 UAH/kg, wholesale 100-190 UAH/kg; Market "Stolychnyi" (Kyiv): retail 150-170 UAH/kg; Market "Shuvar" (Lviv): retail 200 UAH/kg. Significant differences in wholesale and retail prices for raspberries are explained by different sales channels. Raspberries for processing are significantly cheaper than for the fresh market. "For the fresh market, raspberries have special requirements — they are packaged in pinetki, not boxes. For freezing, the berry is delivered in returnable containers provided by the processor and not repackaged to maintain integrity," explained Iryna Kukhtina, president of the Association "Berry Farming of Ukraine." Despite the active construction of processing plants ...