Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association gave a forecast on the situation on the raspberry market
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Ukraine
Published Jan 15, 2022
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2021 was anomalous year in terms of rising raspberry prices. This opinion was expressed by the President of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association (UPOA) Taras Bashtannyk in a comment to AgroPortal. "The fact that raspberries will be expensive was clear in June-July 2021. At that time it was already more expensive than a year ago. On average, these were prices at 3.5 euros / kg. This is the export price to Europe for whole frozen raspberries of the so-called extra class, ”says Taras Bashtannyk.
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According to him, in 2020 in the same period raspberries cost no more than 2.30 euros / kg. That is, the price actually increased 1.5 times. Then the raspberries began to rise sharply. As of early October 2021, the price rose to 5-5.50 euros / kg, and demand remained. Today, the excitement has decreased markedly, and there is a pause. "The price of raspberries has dropped a bit, people have come to their senses, and now raspberries are not so easy to sell, especially large batches of 60-100 tons. Everyone has already filled the warehouses with raspberries at the high price that was. I think that by next season raspberries will be quite expensive, but demand for it will be sluggish. There will be no such excitement as in September, ”the UPOA president said. At the same time, Taras Bashtannyk notes that in Ukraine in 2021 there was not such a good harvest of raspberries. "It can't be called completely bad, somewhere in the four with a minus. As Ukraine does not dictate prices on the ...
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