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The prices for vegetables from the borsch kit have increased by more than 30% since the beginning of this month, the press service of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC) reported referring to the State Statistics Service.
"Over the second decade of April, the prices of the vegetables used for cooking Ukrainian borsch have significantly increased – in general, the rise was at 31.5%," the report says.
According to the press service, cabbage has become 57.6% more expensive, at UAH 6.65 per kilogram, carrot price grew by 43.1%, to UAH 6.77 per kilogram, onion – by 36.1%, to UAH 5.28 per kilogram, beet – by 23.8%, to UAH 5.25 per kilogram, and potatoes – by 7.8%, to UAH 6.80 per kilogram.
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