Ukraine's berry harvest normal despite bad weather
As of April 26, 2017, farmers are offering small amounts (200-500 kg) of strawberries at a price of 110-130 UAH/kg (3,79 - 4,48 EUR/kg) while the demand for berries is quite low because of the cost. Ukrainian strawberries today are actually offered at the same price as those imported from Spain.
"Production of early berries in Ukraine is so far developing mainly in the "summer" film greenhouses. It is for now too expensive to grow berries in the" winter" glass greenhouses, despite reduction in competition from imports,” commented Tetiana Hetman, head of Info- Shuvar.
Ukraine is the 7th largest producer of strawberries out of all European countries and each year Ukrainian farms harvest around 65-75K tons of berries. International trade is still low in Ukraine, held back by undeveloped infrastructure making it difficult to export the berries.
source: info.shuvar.com
