Potato prices in Ukraine have started to rise again

The main reason for the new price increase in this segment, according to experts, was a general reduction in the supply of potatoes at local farms. The fact is that many Ukrainian producers, who do not have long-term storage capacity, finished selling potatoes in the first half of the current season.

This situation has already affected prices, which have risen to 20-30 UAH/kg ($0.48-0.71/kg) since the beginning of the current week, which is on average 12% higher than at the end of the last working week. It should be noted that representatives of wholesale companies complain about the lack of the necessary volumes of quality potatoes on local farms. Farmers, for their part, attribute the problems with the quality of potatoes to unfavorable weather conditions during the harvesting period: prolonged rains had a negative impact not only on the marketability of potatoes, but also on their storage capacity. In addition, according to producers, in 2024 many of them used planting material that was not of the best quality.

Prices for potatoes in Ukraine are currently 16% higher than at the end of January last year. Moreover, many market participants believe that the price appreciation of these products will accelerate significantly in the near future, fuelled by reports of a possible shortage of quality potatoes on the Ukrainian market.

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