The cost of meat in Ukraine since the beginning of this year has got up by almost a quarter, in particular, beef has risen in price by 30%, and pork - by 15%, the press service of the consulting agency Pro Consulting reports, according to Unian.
As Vesti predicted, the prices suddenly raised with the beginning of autumn. Most of all, the prices hit the so-called borshch set, but soon the price tags will also change for bread and salo, Vesti reported.
Meat basket rose by 3% over the first half of 2018, or by 19 UAH. This was announced by the Director of the Association of Trade Network Suppliers Oleksii Doroshenko on his Facebook page, agravery.com reported.
All kinds of meat have fallen in price over the month in Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, UNN reported.
Since early July beef, sugar and sausages have risen in price in Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the inflation barometer, as of July 10, UNN reported.
By the end of the year pork may rise in price by 7%, equaling the price of beef. However, there are more affordable types of meat - chicken. This opinion was expressed by the Chairman of the Association of Trade Network Suppliers Oleksii Doroshenko in the comment for UNN.
The average value of the FAO Meat Price Index was 169.8 points in June, which is insignificantly (0.3%) higher than the May figure, but 3.3% lower compared to the level of June 2017. This was reported by the press service of FAO, agravery.com reported.
Ukraine is on the first place in the ranking of 52 countries of the world with the most affordable poultry meat and one of the leaders at the lowest price for pork and beef. This is evidenced by the data of the British edition of The National Provisioner, which specializes in agrarian subjects, АgroРolit.com reported.
The purchasing power of Ukrainians over the year fell by 11%. Such conclusions were made in the Association of suppliers of trade networks, where they found this indicator not in the usual for the Western world BigMacs, but in pork, agroday.com.ua reported.