Attempts to reduce raspberry prices have been recorded in Ukraine and Poland

This year's raspberry season will begin much earlier than usual in both Ukraine and Poland, EastFruit analysts report. Even in the eastern regions of Ukraine, the first berries are already ripening on early varieties of open ground raspberries. Therefore, in any case, the season will be abnormal in terms of harvesting times, and also, according to market experts, prices will be very different from the previous season. “Already at the end of 2023, it became obvious that there are fundamental reasons for a significant increase in wholesale prices for raspberries in Ukraine, especially in the segment of raspberries for freezing. However, after several waves of frosts that damaged raspberry plantations in Ukraine and Poland, as well as after partial damage to raspberry plantations by snowfalls in Serbia was recorded, the prospects for rising raspberry prices became even more obvious,” says Andriy Yarmak, economist at the investment department Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...