{"id":1248405,"date":"2025-06-18T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/bread-costs-almost-40-hryvnias-prices-for-one-of-the-most-important-products-will-rise-rapidly-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T15:00:16","slug":"bread-costs-almost-40-hryvnias-prices-for-one-of-the-most-important-products-will-rise-rapidly-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/bread-costs-almost-40-hryvnias-prices-for-one-of-the-most-important-products-will-rise-rapidly-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bread costs almost 40 hryvnias: prices for one of the most important products will rise rapidly in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Ukraine, prices for bread \u2014 both white and rye \u2014 will rise in the near future. The main reason is a shortage of rye due to a reduction in sown areas and a drop in yields, which has already led to a rapid increase in flour prices. Producers warn that the price increase could reach 20% by the end of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is stated in the material of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unian.ua\/economics\/agro\/kinec-svitovoji-zhitnici-ukrajina-vtrachaye-vitchiznyaniy-zhitniy-hlib-13041534.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Unian&#8221;<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that according to domestic retail chains and analysts, prices for all types of bread will rise in the near future. In anticipation of a shortage of rye and an increase in the cost of flour, the estimated increase by the end of the year will be:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Estimated average price increase of <strong>5%<\/strong> for all varieties of bread.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> For rye bread, an increase of approximately <strong>15\u201320%<\/strong> is expected.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> The increase in general prices for bread will be up to <strong>20%<\/strong> in the second half of the year, when the harvest ends.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> &#8220;Producers predict a 20% increase in the price of bread&#8230; due to the shortage of rye, the price of rye bread may increase by 15%,&#8221; the ATB network notes.<\/p>\n<p> It is reported that the price of rye flour has already increased to <strong>17-20 thousand hryvnias<\/strong> per ton \u2014 twice as much as a year ago. Rye prices have jumped from 6.5 thousand to <strong>14-16 thousand hryvnias per ton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The main reasons for the price increase:<\/p>\n<ol><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Rye shortage.<\/strong> Due to the war, the rye harvest more than doubled \u2014 from 593 thousand tons in 2021 to 218 thousand tons in 2024. Ukrainian farmers sowed rye on only 60% of the pre-war area.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Imports, but expensive.<\/strong> Rye is no longer imported cheaper &#8211; mainly imports from Poland cost 16 thousand UAH\/t, and Ukrainian &#8211; 14 thousand. This increases the cost of bread.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Farmers and flour mills market.<\/strong> Rye yields 1.5 times less than wheat, so it is beneficial mainly to processors, not farmers. State support is minimal.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Global trends and Ukrainian market loss.<\/strong> Although rye bread consumption is growing in Europe (Scandinavia, Canada, USA), the Ukrainian market is shrinking &#8211; many farmers are reorienting, and exports are falling.<\/li>\n<p><\/ol>\n<p> It is noted that such changes may also affect consumers and markets. In particular, the assortment will be reduced, as traditional black bread is expected to disappear &#8211; it will be replaced by bread made from imported flour.<\/p>\n<p> Tastes and quality may also change as producers try to reduce costs. However, a shortage of bread on the shelves is not predicted &#8211; it will be imported if necessary.<\/p>\n<p> Journalists added that farmers may return to sowing rye due to high prices. So far, sowings have increased by only a few percent. For example, the Zhytomyr region has launched an information campaign to urge farmers to return rye to the rotation.<\/p>\n<p> Let us remind you that the borscht index increased by 27% year-on-year, reaching UAH 196. <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/v-ukraini-suttievo-zrosla-vartist-borshchu\/\">This is UAH 26 cheaper than last month, when the cost of the dish was UAH 222.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/v-ukraini-suttievo-zrosly-tsiny-na-kuriatynu-iaka-vartist-teper\/\">in Ukraine, chicken prices have increased by 7 percent since the beginning of 2025.<\/a> The price increase was caused by an increase in grain prices and bird flu in the EU.<\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/v-ukraini-suttievo-zrosly-tsiny-na-svynynu-ta-kuriatynu-skilky-koshtuie-m-iaso-u-travni\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meat prices in Ukraine went up in May 2025.<\/a> According to updated data, the cost of both pork and chicken increased in almost all categories.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ukraine, prices for bread \u2014 both white and rye \u2014 will rise in the near future. The main reason is a shortage of rye due to a reduction in sown areas and a drop in yields, which has already led to a rapid increase in flour prices. Producers warn that the price increase could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1248636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875,76878],"class_list":["post-1248405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}