Russian vegetable production

Potatoes and Vegetables in Russia are Significantly More Expensive

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For the first 5 weeks of 2021 in Russia, the average price for potatoes increased by 40% in annual terms: 30.9 rubles/kg ($0.42/kg) versus 22.2 rubles/kg ($0.30/kg) one year earlier. This was reported by Agro.ru with reference to RBC and weekly data by Rosstat.

Carrots have also risen in price during this period by 34% to 37 rubles ($0.50), tomatoes by 20% up to 173.6 rubles ($2.35), cucumbers by 16% up to 175.4 rubles ($2.37), and onions by 10% up to 27.8 rubles ($0.38).

Tatyana Gubina, the head of staff at the Potato Union of Russia, noted that due to the record harvest in 2019, the wholesale price in January 2020 was 10 rubles per kilogram and potatoes were sold at cost. In the current year, the price has increased due to the excess demand versus supply.

The Ministry of Agriculture said that the potato harvest fell by 11.3% in 2020 compared to 2019 and the share of small potatoes also increased. Due to the competition from retailers for large potatoes, the price has increased. The Ministry also said that prices for the products should begin to decline in June when the new harvest arrives on the market.

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Russia Expects a Record Vegetable Production in 2020

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389,300 mt of vegetables have been harvested in greenhouses in Russia up until April 28, 2020, which is 29.4% more than in the same period of 2019. Specifically, the greenhouse cucumber harvest amounted to 274,600 tons (+30%), and that of tomatoes stood at 107,600 tons (+30%).

This year, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture expects a record production of greenhouse vegetables that could reach at least 1.25 million tons; 9.6% more than in 2019. This growth is due to investments made in the modernization of greenhouses and in the construction of new ones, according to the director of the National Union of Fruit and Vegetable Producers, Mikhail Glushkov. In the last five years, more than 1,100 hectares of greenhouses have been built in the country.

Russia’s objective is to become self-sufficient in the supply of vegetables. At the moment, it is already able to meet 90% of the cucumber demand and 60% of the tomato one. Meanwhile, the veto on European fruit and vegetable productions, introduced in August 2014, is still in force.

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