On November 16 the price of 1 kg of tomatoes delivered to the Ukrainian greenhouse complexes were 24-28 hryvnia (RUB 54-63), which is 60% more than at the beginning of the month, said the monitoring "APK-inform: vegetables and fruits".

The vegetable sector experts attributed the rapid growth of prices with the shortage of tomatoes in the market, since most local greenhouse complexes has already announced the end of sales season. Importers cannot compensate for the lack of production: deliveries from Turkey remain irregular, and the price of Turkish tomatoes reach 38 UAH (85 rubles) per 1 kg.

Current prices for Ukrainian tomatoes 35% higher compared with the second half of November 2016. moreover, market participants expect that prices will soon rise as the supply of tomatoes from Ukrainian greenhouse farms is rapidly declining.

Short cucumber large wholesale in Ukraine on 22 November it was offered for sale at 35-37 hryvnia (80-84 rubles) per 1 kg, and the price of long cucumber was started from 30 UAH (68 Euro) 1 kg. the cost of a cucumber dropped 21% for the week. Just a few days ago the sellers were not ready to conclude transactions in this segment is cheaper 40 hryvnia (91 rubles) per 1 kg. market Participants noted that the main pressure on prices has a significant decrease in trading activity and an increase in the supply of products from Turkey. The cost of cucumber on Ukrainian market was two times higher than in the same period last year, a record high.

"Cucumbers rose sharply in price due to the fact that the end of the season and their reserves are about to end. In November we stop our own production of cucumbers and tomatoes and go for imported products. Accordingly, prices are rising up, as domestic greenhouses work only from March to November. New year cucumbers will rise to 55 UAH per 1 kg (123 rubles, approx. FruitNews)", - commented the Director of the Ukrainian Association of trade networks suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko.

In his opinion on the value of vegetables is affected by the resumption of export of cucumbers from Turkey to Russia.

"It reduced the intake of vegetables from Turkey. In Ukraine mainly imported tomatoes from Poland and Turkey, respectively, due to the shortage of tomatoes has risen," - said the head of the Association.

In the material, ГолосUA says that prices for cucumbers is in the range of 40-42 UAH/kg (90-94 rubles/kg).

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