Ukraine: Prices for blueberries are already lower than for raspberries

게시됨 2024년 7월 19일

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Ukrainian farmers are offering strawberries and blackberries at record low prices, with fresh blueberries starting from UAH 80/kg ($1.9) and raspberries from UAH 100/kg ($2.5). This is due to a global surge in blueberry production, says Andrii Yarmak, economist at the UN FAO. Despite the low prices, there is potential for profit in blueberry cultivation, especially with direct exports. The country is also expected to see a rise in the frozen blueberry segment, with demand in the EU and Asia.

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Farmers are already offering blackberries at prices starting from UAH 80/kg ($1.9), while raspberries for the fresh market are currently sold wholesale for no less than UAH 100/kg, and raspberries for freezing – from UAH 60 to 80/kg. This is reported by EastFruit. Project experts note that this level of blueberry prices is a record low. Previously, the shock for the producers was the drop in the price of the berry to the level of $2.5 per kg, but such price drops happened only sporadically, and the price usually stayed at such a low level for no more than a week or two. Most blueberry plantations in Ukraine were established when the price of the berry did not fall below $6-7/kg. "Decreasing blueberry prices is an inevitable process of growing production of this berry in the world," explained Andrii Yarmak, economist of the investment department of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). He sees several factors at once that led to this, but does not consider ...

출처: Agrotimes