Alemania: Potato prices up 88 percent
Even before the start of the war in Ukraine, producers of agricultural products raised their prices more steeply than they had in almost eleven years.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, prices rose by an average of 22.5 percent in February. "This is the highest price increase compared to a month in the previous year since May 2011," it said.
Plant products increased in price particularly strongly with 23.8 percent, animal products with 21.4 percent somewhat less strongly. The consequences of the war are not yet apparent from the data, as they were already collected on February 15 and thus before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24. After that, energy and fertilizer prices, for example, rose sharply.
For table potatoes, 87.6 percent more was demanded. This is mainly attributed to weather-related low harvest volumes and a relatively low price level in February 2021: At that time, there was a price drop of more than 50 percent due to large crop volumes and a lack of sales opportunities through Corona in the food service industry. Producer prices for fruit, on the other hand, fell by 12.5 percent this time.
Fuente: https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9418992/germany-potato-prices-up-88-percent/
