Fruit-Inform's fruit and vegetable index shows that the value of Ukrainians' fruit and vegetable basket grew by 1.9% last week, after 1% decrease a week earlier. In such a way, for the present, the fresh produce market exhibits no stable tendency, as the basket's value has been both increasing and falling in the past few weeks.
“Stably low prices for traditional vegetables and potatoes together with their negative price dynamics significantly compensate the growth of prices for greenhouse vegetables, as consumption of the latter sharply fell that led to the reduction of their share in the consumption structure”, Tetiana Getman, Head of Fruit-Inform, says. “We should also pay attention to the considerable growth of apple prices in Ukraine notwithstanding the Ukrainian market already having relatively many Polish apples available, while, in the past season, imports from Poland started only in February. Ukrainian apples have already become non-competitive in price in the Russian market. Moreover, Russia's import duty is to be set to zero in 2.5 weeks”, the expert continues.
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We would also remind you that all leading fruit and vegetable business representatives from about 15 countries throughout the globe (mainly from Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries) will gather at the Eighth International Conference “Fruits & Vegetables of Ukraine – 2011. New Exporter”. This event will take place in conjunction with Fresh Produce Ukraine 2011 Fair, IEC, Kiev, Ukraine, November 30 – December 2, 2011.
In addition, the third conference day (December 2, 2011) will be fully dedicated to the Trade Forum with about 30 Ukrainian and Russian retail chains and traders (X5 Retail Group, Viktoriya, Tander, Auchan, Metro, ATB-Market, Kontinent, Karavan, Klass, Ukrainskiy Retail, Billa, Furshet, Velyka Kyshenya, Varus, Fozzy Group and many others).
To hold the Trade Forum in the most convenient way, the organizers will arrange the meetings according to the concerted schedule. The meetings schedule will be fully completed closer to the start of the conference. The format of meetings – 15-minute negotiations. Those participants, who have registered earlier than others, will be able to get more convenient schedule of meetings. Final list of retail chains and importers will be confirmed by November 15, 2011.