According to the Ministry, as of August, more than 26 thousand tons of fruit and berry crops. Harvesting continues.
The Office notes that last year the indicators of these same crops were about 25.5 tons.
Ukraine managed to achieve such results because of the oversaturation of the domestic market of consumers of this product. Therefore, it was possible to avoid temporary shortage of fruit crops, and sharp fluctuations in prices did not occur.
Recall that in 2017, the planting area for these crops was 6,1 thousand. Ha and berry crops on an area of ??3.7 thousand. Ha.
As reported in "URA-Inform," the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food has officially announced that spring frosts have reduced the harvest of fruits and berries this year by almost 30%.