According to EastFruit price monitoring data, the most expensive potatoes in Eastern Europe continue to be offered by sellers in Georgia, where prices nevertheless remained at the level of the previous week: 30 cents per kg. At the same time, in Moldova, where a week earlier price indicators were close to the level of Georgia, potatoes fell in price and dropped in price to 26 cents per kg.
Meanwhile, Polish potato producers were able to raise prices for their products after a slight decline a week earlier. As a result, the price of potatoes in Poland increased by 9%, catching up with the same indicator in Moldova.
In turn, prices for Ukrainian potatoes remained virtually unchanged last week despite the fairly active pace of sales of these products. As before, the average price remained at 25 cents per kg. Nevertheless, some farmers were quite optimistic and have already made attempts to raise prices for quality finished products to 33-35 cents per kg. However, it is worth noting that sales in this case were inactive.
The market participants in Tajikistan reported a slight decrease in potato prices, where the price of this product fell by 5% to 19 cents per kg. At the same time, Russian farmers rarely adjusted their prices due to the sufficient supply of potatoes in the market. As a week earlier, Russia offered the cheapest potatoes in Eastern Europe, and its average price was kept at 18 cents per kg.
With the exception of the decline in Tajikistan, carrot prices in Eastern Europe and Central Asia either rose or remained at the level of the previous week. The most expensive carrots were still offered in Georgia, where the average price rose by 1 cent per kg during the week.
The price of carrots continued to rise in Poland. Relying on a fairly active demand and lack of quality products in the country, Polish manufacturers were able to increase the price by an average of 5% to 42 cents per kg. In turn, traders have not yet adjusted prices for imported products, and they, as a week earlier, were offered in the range of 43-48 cents per kg.
Prices in Moldova and Ukraine remained virtually unchanged: 32 cents per kg and 25 cents per kg, respectively. Meanwhile, the demand for carrots from Russian buyers increased slightly, allowing the price of these products in Russia to rise by 7% to 24 cents per kg.
At the same time, there was a negative dynamics in prices in the carrot market in Tajikistan, and their average level decreased by 8% to 13 cents per kg. This week, EastFruit has already written about the specifics of the carrot market in Tajikistan, where an active harvest of the new crop is now taking place.
Source: https://east-fruit.com