Such forecast was made the chief analyst of the National fruit and vegetable Alliance Kirill Lachine. "If you take the average cost of one kilogram of vegetables, now in the Moscow region it ranges from 17 to 30 rubles, a week or two it will fall another 20-30%, when the peak of the harvest" — resulted in Lachine calculations of the Union.

"At the moment, if you take the August in comparison with July, these vegetables have very fallen and continue to fall in price: cabbage, according to our estimates, fell by 60%, potato 45%, carrot and beet — 40%, and 25% decrease in onion prices", — he said.

Thus, according to the analyst, "the lowest prices on veggies yet to come", as a whole, the average price of all the names of vegetables in Russia will drop in September, another 20% in comparison with today. The"peak reduction of prices on vegetables have to dock August-September and will last for the first two weeks of September, and if previous years, the low price of vegetables kept until the end of September", — said Lachine.

"Harvest of cucumbers at the moment, compared to the previous year by 19% — 380 thousand tons until the tomatoes we have more than 1.5 times 160 thousand tons, total we have obtained greenhouse vegetables 550 thousand tons, 24% more than the same period last year", — said Lachine. He noted that cucumbers and tomatoes for a month from July to August fell by 15%, and YTD — 62% and 58%, respectively.

"If to speak about the open field, the yield we dipped slightly by 6% when viewed in comparison with last year's figures for this period, while production of vegetables decreased by 29% to 670 thousand tons. We're talking about potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, beets, zucchini, peas, and small amounts of cucumbers and tomatoes", he added.

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