The fresh berry season in Ukraine is almost over. Info-Shuvar specialists found out how the prices for the most popular types of products differed from the 3 previous years in the largest wholesale market of the Shuvar ORSPO in Lviv in the Western region.
This year, more than 8 thousand were sold through the Shuvara site. Despite a rather difficult year, sales volumes of berries at Shuvar increased by 15% over the year, and this was achieved solely due to an increase in the volume of domestic berry cultivation.
The weather factor had a great negative impact on the berry yield of the current season. The abundance of rainfall in some and the drought in other regions of Ukraine deprived most farmers of a good harvest of berries.
Average prices for berries at the Shuvar ORSP in Lviv.
| Berry: | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Blueberry | 185 UAH / kg | 150 UAH / kg | 130 UAH / kg |
| Blueberries | 78 UAH / kg | 64 UAH / kg | 75 UAH / kg |
| Blackberry | 62 UAH / kg | 58 UAH / kg | 70 UAH / kg |
| Raspberry | 31 UAH / kg | 27 UAH / kg | 65 UAH / kg |
| Cherries | 29 UAH / kg | 21 UAH / kg | 49 UAH / kg |
| Wild strawberry | 35 UAH / kg | 32 UAH / kg | 47 UAH / kg |
| Cherry | 26 UAH / kg | 18 UAH / kg | 35 UAH / kg |
| Currant | 19 UAH / kg | 17 UAH / kg | 25 UAH / kg |
The shortage of berries was felt quite sharply in all regions of Ukraine, and the Ukrainians themselves were forced to buy these products at a record high price. An exception may be called blueberries, it became the only berry that was cheaper than a year ago.
All other berries rose in average one and a half to two times. Raspberries became the absolute record holder for rising prices. In 2019, Ukrainian farmers sold it 2.5 times more expensive than last year.
