Pea prices added 40% to last year in Ukraine

It was reported by APK-Inform news agency. “The current situation is primarily due to a 15% decrease in the production of this crop due to a decrease in acreage and an 8% decrease in the average yield against the background of unfavorable weather conditions. The rise in prices was facilitated by the growing competition between traders and processors against the backdrop of restraining sales by farmers, as well as the increased demand of importers (especially from the EU countries) in October, ”Anna Tanskaya, head of the local markets department of APK-Inform news agency, commented on the situation. As of December 10, demand prices for peas in the ports of Ukraine are mainly fixed in the range of 8300–8600 UAH / t CPT-port, which is 37-43% higher than the figures for the same date of the last season. “In November, the rate of export of peas from Ukraine has noticeably ...