Tajikistan: nuts, dried apricots, greenhouse vegetables and strawberries have risen in price, while an apple has fallen in price over the year
Fresh Apple
Published Nov 11, 2020
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EastFruit analysts analyzed changes in wholesale prices for fruit and vegetable products for the year in Tajikistan, where the main factors in pricing were an unexpected early cold snap and the complication of gray import and export schemes due to the closure of borders due to the coronavirus pandemic. The price comparison is relevant as of November 6, 2020 with the same date of 2019.
Original content
Before we move on to analyzing the reasons for the most significant changes in prices for individual products of the fruit and vegetable group, we note that over the year the rate of the national currency, the Tajik somoni, fell against the US dollar by 10%. So, garden strawberries became the leader in price growth over the year, which rose 3.5 times over the year. True, it should be noted that last year there were more local strawberries on the market - small berries that did not have a keeping quality, and were sold cheaper. However, this year the local strawberry varieties have already stopped growing and ripening due to the cold weather of the last weeks, and in some places have already left for the winter. And the berry that is offered now always costs more - these are American remontant varieties of strawberries, including the Albion variety. They are of higher quality, more stable to transportation and have a larger size. Read also: An information platform has been created ...
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