Vegetables in Russia continued to fall in price

The price of cucumbers dropped the most According to Rosstat, the cost of fruits and vegetables in Russia from March 14 to 20, 2023 decreased by 0.4% after a decrease of 0.2% a week earlier, including cucumbers fell by 6.1%. According to statistics, the price of cabbage decreased by 0.5%, potatoes fell by 0.3%, beets - by 0.1%. At the same time, prices for tomatoes rose by 3.1%, onions - by 0.6%, carrots - by 0.2%. Dmitry Leonov, deputy chairman of the board of the Rusprodsoyuz association, told Agroinvestor on March 23 that the average wholesale prices for potatoes are at the level of 13.4 rubles / kg. Prices decreased by 1.5% over the week, by 13% over the month (by 2 rubles/kg). A year ago, potatoes in wholesale cost 25.1 rubles/kg. Wholesale prices for carrots are 17.5 rubles/kg. Over the week they decreased by 9.3%, over the month - by 10.7%. A year ago, wholesale carrots cost 24.4 rubles/kg. Wholesale prices for beets are 14.1 rubles/kg. In a week they lost 1.4%, in a month ...