According to the vice-governor of Primorye Territory Sergey Sidorenko, a price increase has affected the excessive demand for potatoes in the flood-affected regions of the Far East, where a huge portion of the crop was lost. As the vice-governor, calculations showed that the «wholesale price of a kilo of potatoes with the increase in production costs due to losses as a result of the elements should be 12-15 rubles. However, the price of less valuable varieties are kept at 15 rubles, and the more valuable — from 17 rubles and above, «- he cited an example. In retail, the price of potatoes has already reached 40 rubles per kilogram. — The farmer who sells wholesale potatoes 15-17 rubles earns on every kilogram of two to five rubles. At the same time, the same products, getting on the shelves, is already 40. Clearly, where the profit is. In emergency situations it is necessary to work harder with large wholesale network companies to for socially important goods, including potatoes, there was a high mark-up, — quotes agency vice-governor. According to Sergei Sidorenko, Primorye potatoes provide yourself and share it with neighboring regions.
Rossiyskaya Gazeta