OREANDA-NEWS. July 04, 2011. Reduction of prices for fruits and vegetables beats all records. Experts of the agricultural market note this fact. According to them, the tendency to reduce the cost of fruit and vegetable basket is observed not only due to seasonal factors but also by a number of measures currently used by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Ukraine. Therefore, you can not worry about ensuring with high-quality and moderate prices for vegetables.

As the project manager "AIC-Inform: Vegetables and Fruits" Andriy Yarmak said, in accordance with results of last week the cost of fruit and vegetable basket of Ukrainian consumers immediately fell on 12.3%, the record since the beginning of this year. "Therefore, prices for fruits and vegetables if falling for six consecutive weeks and the cost of basket during this time has decreased by 28%", - said the expert.

Reduction of prices for vegetable and fruit production is confirmed in the retail food networks. As the press service of the well-known supermarket chain inform, during June there was a gradual decline in prices of vegetables and fruits. And if in the first half of the month prices fell slowly, over the last week of the month they fell by half. "It should be noted that prices for imported seasonal fruits such as peach, nectarine demonstrate the dynamics of a recession. Overall, for the last month the cost of vegetables has dropped by at least 40%"- the press-service inform on the “AgroNews”.

As commented the head of research department of the association of Ukraine grain traders Artem Korytskyy, in addition to seasonal factors, which in itself contributes to reduction of prices for vegetables, the Government now uses a number of measures to strengthen this trend. "You can call and agricultural fairs that are held in the capital and a massive program of construction of wholesale markets of agricultural products and vegetable store which are currently implemented by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. All this measures should facilitate availability of fruits and vegetables throughout the year "- said the expert.

Recall that today continued the construction of wholesale markets of agricultural products in five regions: Lviv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhya regions. Three of them, include the capital, will begin its work in the summer.