Potato imports to Ukraine increased by 90%

This was told by Bohdan Dukhnytskyi, a senior researcher at the Department of Economics of Agrarian Production and International Integration of the Institute of Agrarian Economics, writes SEEDS. "According to the results of 10 months of 2024, there was a decrease in the value of vegetable supplies to Ukraine, which affected their quantity. At the same time, the total value of the import of fruits and berries remained at the level of 2023. In the dynamics of import purchases for 10 months of 2024 in the vegetable group, the fact that, although relatively insignificant, there was a 90% increase in potato purchases from last year's base is noteworthy. This is due to the fact that this year's harvest was far from what was predicted," he said. According to the expert, according to the results of January - October of this year, the geographical structure of vegetable ...