Why has the price of apples risen sharply in Ukraine, and is it true that prices will rise quickly?

EastFruit analysts draw attention to the sharp increase in prices for apples in Ukraine over the past week. So what is happening on the wholesale apple market and will apple prices continue to rise, or will prices stabilize in the near future? Let’s take as an indicator the price of the Gala apple variety, which is popular in the domestic market and is in high demand in export markets. As our price monitoring shows, wholesale prices for Gala apples have risen in price by 50% in a week! By the way, the situation was similar for other popular varieties - apples of the Golden Delicious variety also went up in price by one and a half times at wholesale. What is the reason for this price jump in apples over the past week? “Producers expect a further increase in apple prices this year, so they are trying to store quality products. Just last week, sales of low-quality products that cannot be stored ended, which led to a sharp decrease in the supply of apples on the market and an increase ...