Uzbekistan: Top 10 fruit and vegetable events of 2021 (Part II)

This is a continuation of the first part of the material about the main events of the fruit and vegetable business in Uzbekistan 6. Expensive berries and unrealized opportunities in the berry business The ending year was also remembered for high prices for garden strawberries and raspberries. Garden strawberries appeared on wholesale markets in the 20th of April at an average price of 60,000 soums / kg ($ 5.7), which is 3 times higher than last year's levels. Two weeks later, wholesale prices dropped to 25,000 soums / kg ($ 2.4), but this level was 2 times higher than on the same date in 2020. The strawberry season ended in the first ten days of June, and by that time wholesale prices had dropped only to 20,000 soums / kg ($ 1.9), which is 30% more expensive than the price of the same period in 2020. The first large consignments of raspberries appeared on the wholesale markets of Uzbekistan in early June, and the season ended in mid-November. Average wholesale prices fluctuated in ...