According to the daily monitoring of the EastFruit project, a high level of trading activity continues to be recorded in the white cabbage segment on the Russian market.
According to Russian manufacturers, despite the expected decline in trade, traditionally accompanied by stabilization of prices during the New Year holidays, the market continues to maintain high sales rates, which stimulate the growth of selling prices in this segment.
To date, the range of selling prices for white cabbage ranges from 8-16 rubles / kg ($ 0,13 - 0,26 / kg) depending on the region of production, which is on average 14% more than at the end of the last working week. One of the main reasons for the price increase, according to market operators, was the reduction in the supply of cabbage in the market as a whole, as many producers completed the sale of existing stocks in the pre-holiday period. It should also be noted that wholesale companies that completed the sale of previously purchased volumes were actively replenishing stocks, thereby stimulating a rise in market prices.
It is worth noting that at the moment, white cabbage in Russia is on sale 1,5 times cheaper on average than in the same period last year. Key market players do not exclude the possibility that, if prices continue to rise in this segment, there is the possibility of a large quantity of cabbage coming from the Republic of Dagestan, which is the main supplier of these vegetables in the winter, after depletion of regional producers.