Banana prices in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, how have they changed over the year?

게시됨 2023년 1월 30일

Tridge 요약

The article highlights the significant rise in banana prices in Eastern Europe, particularly in Ukraine and Moldova, due to the armed invasion and blockade of Ukraine's seaports by Russia. This has forced these countries to import bananas from the European Union by road, leading to a substantial increase in costs. In contrast, countries like Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia have seen the least increase in banana prices, with Uzbekistan even offering competitive prices despite its remote location. The rise in banana prices is expected to have implications for the banana industry, with potential consequences such as increased costs for producers, higher retail prices, and reduced consumption in countries where banana consumption is already high.

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원본 콘텐츠

EastFruit analysts note that the banana was among the most expensive goods in the region in the countries of the region, where the project monitors wholesale prices on a monthly basis. At the same time, the rise in prices in Eastern Europe was much sharper than in Central Asia, where bananas traditionally were on average one and a half to two times more expensive. The main reason for the rise in prices in Eastern Europe, primarily in Ukraine and Moldova, was the aggression of Russia and the armed invasion, which led to the blockade of the seaports of Ukraine. This automatically blocked the possibility of importing bananas by sea, i.e. in the cheapest way, and supply them to the domestic markets of Ukraine and Moldova. As a result, both Ukraine and Moldova had to import bananas from EU countries by road, which significantly increased their cost. If at the end of January 2022 the lowest wholesale prices for bananas were in Ukraine, then at the same time in 2023, banana prices in ...

출처: Eastfruit