FreshPlaza: 13% growth of fruit and vegetable prices in March

Fruit-Inform Project's fruit and vegetable index shows that Ukraine's fruit and vegetable inflation has reached 13% in March. This means that in March a Ukrainian consumer had to pay 13% more than in February for the same assortment of fruits and vegetables. If to compare prices in March of this year with prices in March 2010, then now a consumer has to overpay 43%! "Fruit and vegetable price growth was caused by increase of prices for traditional vegetables, as demand for them had grown due to the beginning of fasting. At the same time, there was no expected growth of supply of these vegetables, and high-quality produce was actively exported to Russia that negatively affected the Ukrainian market. According to Fruit-Inform Project's estimates, traditional vegetables grew in price by 17.1% over a month. Read more.