Claus, essentially spoiled an already poor harvest vegetables Borschovo group, played into the hands of traffickers, who knew how to preserve fruit in the presentation. Last week potatoes, carrots, cabbage and onions have risen in price by 0,5-1 UAH /kg and the spring will add a minimum of 10 kopecks. weekly. The opportunity earn already interested importers, hastily forged scarce supply of vegetables from neighboring countries.

Ukraine is rapidly becoming more expensive vegetables. The highest price shock occurred in the so-called Borshchov group (potatoes, cabbage, carrots, onions), which last month added to the cost of 20-30% and appears to be in the coming months, the dynamics will continue. For example, as of January 22 on the wholesale market SHUVAR (Lvov) potatoes sold for 3 UAH /kg, which is 50 kopecks. more expensive than the previous week, and 1,15 UAH. - Less than a month ago. Cabbage week add 1 UAH /kg - to 4 UAH /kg. A month ago, according to the monitoring of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the national average price for white did not extend beyond 2,35 UAH /kg. For the carrot ask 4 UAH /kg instead of 3 UAH. a week ago and 2,5 UAH. In December, for the bow - UAH 3,6-4. instead of 3,2 UAH /kg.

representative of IFC, realizing the project in Ukraine for the development of vegetable production, Fedor Rybalko said that in the next couple of months, a trend rise in price of vegetables weekly from Borschovo set to 10-50 kopecks /kg is likely to continue, and by April could even intensify . As a result, by the end of the season fruit has all chances to grow by more 1,5-2 times.

Among the reasons for the price frenzy Rybalko calls several factors. This year”s vegetable harvest Borschovo group in the country at 15-20% lower than in the past. Due to overproduction and lower prices for vegetables in 2008 (0,8-1 UAH /kg), many farmers in the last season abandoned unprofitable products. As a result, the proposal on the market declined significantly.

market participants expected the imbalance will smooth over low consumption. In the wake of the crisis, they expected the decline in sales of at least 10%. Practice has shown that pessimistic expectations are not met. Other products have risen in price far more disruptive, so the Ukrainians have become relatively inexpensive vegetables, even more than before the crisis.

According to the Director of the Department of Agricultural Development Company SHUVAR Ivan Stefanyshyn, in 2009, they realized 38,3 thousand tons of potatoes, which is 52% more than in 2008, vegetables were sold in an 8% increase - 9 , 1 thousand tons This processing companies bought less than 15% of these volumes, the population - 2.1%, the rest goes to resellers, who, as a rise in prices for vegetables are interes1000ted in this product have intensified.

If traditional retail prices for vegetables exceeded the bulk of 20-30%, but now many sellers do not hesitate to curl up to 100%. After a cold winter and significantly dampened the already low stocks. According to Fedor Rybalko, some farmers vymerzlo up to 40% planned to sell products. Most affected potatoes, carrots and cabbage, to maintain quality of which needs not only warm warehouses, but also to maintain a certain humidity, which is possible only in modern complexes. And since no less than 70% Borshchov vegetables are grown and stored in private lands, to sustain such claims can a few. Those who managed to maintain a quality product, ask for it at exorbitant prices.

Fedor Rybalko notes that seized the opportunity to earn extra money as market traders and food network. Traditionally, in the regions of greatest volume of vegetables sold in markets. But when the country swept the first snowstorms and cold weather hit, the population has moved to the civilized retail. Within days a surcharge of networks has increased by at least 20%, which, however, did not affect the sale - for a week or two they were able to surpass the monthly plans.

to make pretty good money in the vegetable daze retail catching up and importers. In the Ukraine have already started receiving shipments of potato, carrot and onion from Poland. It tells Rybalko, in some regions of large farms with large amounts of vegetables, have agreed to restrain prices in order to prevent a glut in the market imported goods.

“For example, if the domestic price will rise to 8 carrots UAH /kg, will carry us to the roots from around the world,” - he said. According to APK-Inform, now several companies are exploring the possibility of supply in our country the Russian cabbage, which is at 1 UAH /kg cheaper than domestic.

Ludmila Ksenz

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