Ukraine: difficulties with haricot purchasing
Ukraine
Monday 01 December 2008
Tinned food factories have difficulties with haricot purchasing, reported representatives of processing sector to According to the information provided by the specialists of Fruit-Inform project.
As processors reported, growth rates of processing are higher than the production rates and this situation caused deficiency of raw material. At the moment, main volumes of produce are grown on homestead lands.
At the same time, demand for tined haricot increases annually that stimulates processors to increase of production volumes.
This leads to increase of prices for raw material. For example, during this year, prices for haricot increased by 20-25% to the level of 0.81-0.93 euro/kg.