If in the first half of December 2018 Russian farmers were able to actively raise prices for white cabbage, this season the situation in this segment is developing according to a completely different scenario, according to analysts of the EastFruit project.
According to experts, the offer of these products on the market today is excessive, which forces manufacturers to ship white cabbage 1,5 times cheaper than a year ago.
So, at the moment, the price of cabbage in the Russian market is formed in the range of 6-13 rubles / kg ($ 0,10-0,21 / kg), which is on average 14% cheaper than at the end of the last working week.
It is worth noting that in this situation, the bulk of the supply on the market is low-quality products, which are unsuitable for long-term storage. Also, cabbage is offered by farms that do not have equipped storage facilities. At the same time, owners of quality products refuse sales in anticipation of an improvement in the situation in this segment.
So, today cabbage in Russia is on average 1,5 times cheaper than at the end of December 2018. For comparison: in the same period last year, the price of white cabbage in the Russian Federation often reached 26 rubles / kg ($ 0,42 / kg).
Source: https://east-fruit.com/