Russia: Rising prices for apples, tomatoes, and cucumber on week 43, 2022

Published Oct 28, 2022

Tridge summary

The article highlights price changes in the fruit and vegetable markets in various Eastern European and Central Asian countries, focusing on increases in apples and greenhouse vegetable prices due to seasonal factors and currency depreciation in Uzbekistan and Moldova. Conversely, prices for pears and tangerines have seen decreases in some countries like Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, amidst varying supply and quality issues. In Ukraine, the greenhouse cucumber market is experiencing record prices due to high energy costs and reduced local supply, while Poland is seeing lower prices due to importation of Spanish cucumbers. Meanwhile, Poland's greenhouse tomato market is experiencing price increases, except for imports from Spain, and so are most vegetable markets, except for potatoes in Tajikistan and Ukraine, where suppliers are trying to offload surplus stocks.

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Original content

This week, the main changes in prices for fruits and vegetables in the countries of the EastFruit monitoring region were noted in the segments of apples and greenhouse vegetables. With rare exceptions, both greenhouse tomatoes and greenhouse cucumbers continued to rise in price due to the seasonal factor, while apples rose in price only in two project countries (Moldova and Uzbekistan). In other segments, prices were reviewed occasionally and locally. Price alerts. Apples The apple market in most of the countries monitored by the project was in a state of stagnation. Nevertheless, some of its players this week still managed to revise the prices for apples upwards. Moreover, some varieties in certain markets managed to rise in price by 40% and even one and a half times in just a week! So, in Uzbekistan, sales of apples began already from cold stores, and, due to such a seasonal reduction in supply, prices went up. The lowest price level in the Uzbek market was recorded in the ...

Source: Eastfruit