Prices for black caviar and sturgeon decreased in Russia due to increased imports

A decrease in prices for black caviar and sturgeon fish is observed both in the Astrakhan region and in Russia as a whole. This is due to a drop in overall consumer activity, as well as an increase in the share of sturgeon imports to Russia, Andrey Markin, head of the Kaspryba Union of Fishing and Fish Processing Enterprises, told TASS on Sunday. "A radical increase in the cost of black caviar and sturgeon species in the Astrakhan region on New Year's Eve is not predicted. Local fishermen keep prices for fish products, including traditional products for the New Year's table. Monitoring prices for this segment in the region shows that there is a persistent a decline that is typical for the entire country, including the capital, due to an increase in sturgeon imports from Armenia and Israel, a general decline in the consumer ability of the population against the backdrop of the current situation and, as a result, a drop in trade turnover for some enterprises," Markin said. . As the ...