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In the near future, one should not expect a rise in prices for the popular vegetable. This was reported to EastFruit by Andriy Marushchak, commercial director of Van Dyke Techniques. ‌"Potatoes will not increase in price dramatically. Everything is very simple here. The current price ensures direct import of potatoes from the Netherlands, Poland, Lithuania. From those countries where everything is very good with yield and quality. And they are ready to sell it at the price we have here today. One should not expect that they will run out of potatoes, and then ours will become more expensive," the industry expert believes. According to Marushchak, until the new harvest, Ukrainians will have to eat imported potatoes. He reminded that our country is currently facing a shortage of seed potatoes. "And this problem has befallen not only Ukrainian potato growers," the specialist adds. These difficulties were compounded by the difficult conditions for harvesting vegetables last summer, ...

After a short period of stability, retail prices for potatoes in Ukraine have started to rise again. The main reason, according to experts, was the general reduction in the supply of potatoes in local farms, since most of them completed the sale of potatoes in the first half of the current season. This is reported by EastFruit. The current situation has already affected prices, which have increased to 20-30 UAH/kg since the beginning of this week, which is an average of 12% higher than at the end of the last working week. It is worth noting that representatives of wholesale companies complain about the lack of the necessary volumes of high-quality potatoes in local farms. Farmers, in turn, associate potato quality problems with adverse weather conditions during the harvest period: prolonged rains negatively affected not only the marketable appearance of potatoes, but also their keeping quality. Potato prices in ...

Potato prices in Ukraine have increased over the past month. The vegetable may become even more expensive if there is no cheaper imported product. "Over the past month, potato prices in retail chains have increased by an average of about 2-3 hryvnias. Currently, the cost of potatoes fluctuates within 34-36 hryvnias per kilogram," said Maksym Hopka, an analyst at the Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club (UKAB) association, in a comment to UNIAN. In his opinion, potato prices may change significantly in March-April. "This vegetable may become more expensive if there is no cheaper imported product, which is currently available. If the situation does not change, then in the first half of spring - in March-April, we may see the cost of potatoes at an average of 38-39 hryvnias," the expert believes. According to the State Statistics Service, in December 2024, the average price of a kilogram of potatoes was 29.74 hryvnias. Vegetable prices in Ukraine have changed in various ways over ...