The wholesale price of potatoes in Ukraine has reached the highest level in history. This was announced by Andrei Yarmak, an economist in the investment department of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, UNIAN reported.
“Currently, potato wholesale prices in Ukraine are at the highest level in history,” he said.
Yarmak emphasized that the prices of this product actually increased 3.5-4 times during the year. According to the expert, in such a situation, imports have become economically possible.
According to Yarmak, fresh potato prices have increased by 40 percent in the last three weeks, exceeding the costs in neighboring countries of the European Union. The economist also cited adverse weather conditions among the reasons for the rise in prices. In addition, wholesale prices did not cover producers’ costs of growing potatoes, causing the quality and volume of agricultural production to decrease.
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