Director of the Ukrainian Association of Retail Suppliers Oleksiy Doroshenko says the price of the so-called “meat basket” in Ukraine in 2018 increased by 11% YoY, to UAH 575 ($20.67).
“It was UAH 518 ($18.62) in late 2017,” he wrote on Facebook.
The basket consists of one kilogram of chicken fillet and carcass, pork, beef, and first-grade cooked sausage each, he said. Thus, the price of one kilogram of chicken fillet in 2018 grew by 18%, or by UAH 16 ($0.58), to UAH 105 ($3.77) per kg; the price of beef increased by 12%, or by UAH 14 ($0.50), to UAH 128 ($4.60) per kg; cooked sausage went up in price by 12%, or by UAH 10 ($0.36), to UAH 93 ($3.34) per kg. The price of lard increased by 10%, or by UAH 7 ($0.25), to UAH 76 ($2.73) per kg; that of chicken carcass by 7%, or by UAH 4 ($0.14), to UAH 58 ($2.08) per kg and pork went up in price by 6%, or by UAH 6 ($0.22), to UAH 115 ($4.13) per kg, according to calculations based on data from the State Statistics Service.
In addition, from March 1, 2018, to January 1, 2019, the price of the meat basket grew by 14%. At the same time, prices of all products grew over the 10 months: chicken fillet and sausage by 21%, beef by 14%, pork by 11%, lard and chicken carcass by 6%, according to the Association’s alternative study. (UNIAN/Business World Magazine)
