Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
Cucumber prices almost double in Crimea over weekend
Wholesale prices of cucumbers have sharply grown in Crimea over the past weekend, according to Fruit-Inform.
Long smooth produce is now offered at RUB 35-40/kg (USD 0.53-0.61/kg) at Krymskiy Privoz Wholesale Market, Simferopol, an increase of 70% compared with the end of the past week. Prices of gherkins have grown by 60% and now vary between RUB 60-70/kg (USD 0.91-1.07/kg).
The Crimean market participants connect a rise in prices with lower supply of produce and rather high demand. Many growers have finished their season of cucumbers grown in summer greenhouses. Meanwhile, outputs of field-grown produce are still rather low, and the supply of high-quality cucumbers is limited. According to sellers, prices could have grown even more significantly if not for shipments of field-grown cucumbers from Krasnodar Krai.
It should also be noted that current prices of cucumbers have already grown 2.3 times in the Crimean peninsula year-on-year.