Melon prices in Uzbekistan continue to grow rapidly

A week ago, on October 10, 2023, EastFruit wrote about a sharp increase in wholesale prices for melon, which was the largest weekly change and sharp increase in prices for this product over the past two and a half months. Over the past week, prices for these products continued to rise, and at an even faster pace. According to EastFruit price monitoring, from October 6 to October 13, 2023, the average wholesale price for melon increased from 2800 to 3500 sum/kg (from $0.23 to $0.29), i.e. by 25%. A week earlier, wholesale prices for these products increased by 22%. Considering the increase in melon prices for the second week in a row, from September 29 to October 13, 2023, the average wholesale price for fresh melon in Uzbekistan increased from 2300 to 3500 sum/kg (from $0.19 to $0.29), i.e. one and a half times over the past two weeks. As can be seen from the graph above, as a result of the opposite price dynamics in the first half of October of this and last year, the price gap ...