Ukraine breaks records for greenhouse tomato imports
Fresh Tomato
Ukraine
Published Feb 18, 2021
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This was reported by east-fruit.com. "Given the increase in the cost of tomatoes, the increase in value was even more significant, reaching 56%. In total, Ukrainian buyers spent more than $ 77.6 million on imported tomatoes. If we take into account the standard trade margins, Ukrainian consumers spent about UAH 4 billion (approximately $ 145 million) on imported greenhouses, ”the statement reads.
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According to Andriy Yarmak, an economist at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Ukraine has a very high level of domestic energy prices compared to countries that export gas, oil and coal. Accordingly, the production of one gigacalorie of heat here is 2 times more expensive than in Uzbekistan, almost 3 times more expensive than in Russia and almost 5 times more expensive than in Kazakhstan or Turkmenistan, not to mention the need for heat for heating greenhouses in Ukraine is also much higher. "Naturally, in countries such as Turkey, which supplies the bulk of off-season greenhouse products to Ukraine, where the climate is much milder and the cost of heating greenhouses is either minimal or even zero, the cost of growing greenhouse products is much lower. And the price continues to play the most important role for the poor Ukrainian consumer, which is the main reason for the growing volume of imports, "explains Yarmak. Thus, in 2020, Turkey exported ...
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