This week in Ukraine, the prices of cabbage have started to rise again. As of January 29, the price is 40 UAH per kg. By the end of January, many producers had sold off a significant portion of their cabbage stocks. Reports TSN. This information is provided by Kontrakty.UA.
According to EastFruit, based on daily monitoring by analysts.
"The wholesale prices for cabbage in farms have already increased to 34-40 UAH/kg ($0.81-0.95/kg), depending on the quality and volume of the offered batches, which is on average 15% higher than at the end of last working week," analysts from the project note.
They add that cabbage has once again topped the list of the highest prices among all components of the borscht set in Ukraine.
The rapid decline in cabbage stocks in farms continues. Farmers have started to hold back on selling quality vegetables, leading to another price spike this week. This information is confirmed by wholesale companies, which emphasize the overall reduction in the supply of cabbage in the market.
Currently, the prices for such a product, as cabbage in Ukraine are already on average 3.7 times higher than during the same period last year.
The agricultural market anticipates the possibility of further increases in the price of this product. The rate of price growth will accelerate as the stocks of this product in households decrease.