The price of potatoes continues to grow

The price of potatoes grew five times over the last year and does not seem to have reached its limit.

According to the experts of the project "APK-Inform: Fruits and Vegetables", potatoes became 13 percent more expensive over the last couple of days: wholesale price is 4-4.5 hryvnas per kilo, while select potatoes cost 4.8-5 hryvnas per kilo. Retail prices are even higher.

The analysts say that the price increase is accompanied with drop in supply: the farmers hold back the goods, hoping, that potatoes price will go up even further and bring them additional gains.