Onions and cabbage from Uzbekistan are on the shelves of EU supermarkets at incredibly low prices

As Marite Gailite, an expert at the association of vegetable growers Latvijas dārznieks, told EastFruit, early cabbage and early onions from Uzbekistan appeared on the shelves of supermarkets in Riga, Latvia. These goods turned out to be very cheap, even despite the enormous distance they had to travel to get to this market. In particular, Uzbek onions retail at 0.75 euros per kg, and early cabbage at 0.69 euros per kg. And this despite the fact that you have to pay at least 35 cents per kg for delivery alone. However, the quality of the product, as can be seen in the photographs, is not very high. Read also: Uzbekistan will be able to supply fruits and vegetables to Latvia by air However, for the European Union these prices are very low, because the region has been suffering from natural anomalies for two years in a row. Last season, during the key period of the onion growing season, the main producing regions experienced unusual drought and abnormally hot weather, and prolonged ...