Prices for tomatoes in Ukraine increased by 15% over the week.

The reduction in the supply of greenhouse tomatoes in the domestic market of Ukraine over the past week has allowed sellers to once again increase the ex-warehouse prices for the available volumes of the product. This is reported by EastFruit analysts. "If just a week earlier the prices for these vegetables were rising slightly, by the first month of the current year, price tags in this segment had increased by at least 15% over the last 7 days," experts noted. It is noted that the main supplier of this product to the Ukrainian market at this time of year traditionally is Turkey, but over the past few weeks, supplies of greenhouse tomatoes from this country have continued to decrease, while the activity of buyers has remained at the same level. "At the same time, market operators reported a rise in prices for greenhouse vegetables in the producing country itself, which was due to a seasonal factor," analysts note. Thus, as of February 2, tomatoes on the Ukrainian market are ...