Ucrania: Potato prices are dropping again

This means that the supply of potatoes on the market increased sharply, and prices started declining. Today, the prices were in the range of 4-7 UAH/kg ($0.11-0.19/kg), which is on average 16% cheaper than a week earlier.

At the same time, it is still hard to buy sufficient volumes of high-quality potatoes, and the prices are at the maximum limits of the price range. Producers that have high-quality potatoes prefer to store them, expecting positive price dynamics in winter and spring.

Meanwhile, a lot of low-quality potatoes that cannot be stored became available on the market. Growers are willing to sell them at a relatively low price, otherwise they will have to bear huge losses. To date, low-quality potatoes can be purchased from 2 UAH/kg ($0.05/kg).

Despite the decline in prices, potatoes in Ukraine are currently sold at almost the same price as a year ago. Most producers do not agree to reduce prices and choose to stop selling potatoes, expecting a rise in prices in the segment in about a month.