The first deliveries of domestic pepper of the harvest in 2019 began to appear on the site of the largest wholesale market of western Ukraine in Lviv, ORU “Shuvar” last week. Pepper was grown in greenhouses in Transcarpathia.
The appearance of Ukrainian products of the new crop was a pleasant surprise for buyers, as they are sold one and a half times cheaper than imported ones.
As Info-Shuvar experts previously reported, this year prices for foreign sweet peppers soared to unprecedented heights - in early May, it cost 100-120 UAH / kg, which is € 3.4-4.09 / kg.
To date, Transcarpathian pepper is sold at a price of 60-65 UAH / kg or € 2.04-2.21 / kg. So far, only Ukrainian green peppers are present on the market, but in a few days, deliveries of red peppers are expected, which is more popular in the country.
According to Info-Shuvar experts, fairly high pepper prices in May are common. The main price drop in the sweet pepper market occurs in June-July.
So, during the first 2 months of summer 2018, the cost of sweet red pepper in the Shuvar ORSP market fell from 95 UAH / kg, which is € 3.0 / kg to 23 UAH / kg, which is equivalent to € 0.7 / kg .
