REUTERS
The prices for vegetables from the borsch kit soared by 78.3% in April from March 2017, the press service of the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation (UAC) reported referring to the State Statistics Service.
In particular, cabbage price rose by almost 2.5 times (by 137.4%), carrot price grew by 13.5%, onion – by 77.8%, beet – by 44.9%, and potatoes – by 22.3%, to UAH 7.78 per kilogram.
The reason for the rise in price of vegetables was a seasonal reduction in their stocks and problems with logistics due to unfavorable weather conditions, the press service said.
At the same time, the UAC noted that even despite the significant price spike, some products were still cheaper compared to last year. Thus, beet price in annual terms fell by almost 40%. The only exception is potatoes, which price exceeds last year's indicator by 47.3%.
Read alsoBorsch vegetable kit rises in price in UkraineHowever, the prices for vegetables will begin to decline after the holidays due to the revival of imports of certain types of products and an increase in the supplies of low-quality vegetables, the press service added.
As UNIAN reported, Ukraine's agricultural enterprises in January-March 2017 raised average sale prices by 11% year-over-year (y-o-y), according to the State Statistics Service.
Inflation in Ukraine in March 2017 accelerated to 15.1% y-o-y, whereas it accelerated to 1.8% against February 2017. Since the beginning of the year, consumer price growth in Ukraine has accelerated to 3.9% compared to December 2016, the State Statistics Service said.