During the meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal with the ministers of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, the results of the agricultural year were summed up, and the support programs for agricultural producers for 2023 were outlined.
Since the beginning of this week, the price of onions in Ukraine began to decrease due to a decrease in demand for products and partial imports from Asian countries.
In the last month of 2022, the price of the food basket in Ukraine increased by almost 39% compared to 2021.
In the month of December until the 20th, more than 3.7 million tons of agricultural products were shipped from Ukraine, which exceeds last month's figures by 810 thousand tons, according to the data of the Electronic Grain Exchange of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, there is a positive trend in the growth of product prices, especially on the eve of holidays. But there are products that became cheaper, for example, the price of buckwheat, which in the last two months only increased, this month began to cost less, as well as meat.
The leadership of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine at a working meeting with the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Fan Xianzhong discussed the deepening of trade and economic relations in the agrarian sphere and the expansion of the nomenclature of Ukrainian exports.
Ukrainian farmers are beginning to confidently raise prices for carrots, because the demand for them is actively increasing.
In Ukraine, the price of fruit imported from abroad is stably maintained at a fairly high level. However, the price of traditional New Year's fruits, such as tangerines, bananas and oranges, changed slightly in December.