Ukrainian vodka will double in price
Kyiv, March 02 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The state enterprise “Ukrspirt” increased the price of alcohol from 1 hryvnia to 178 hryvnia per deciliter from March 265.
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“On Friday, February 27, enterprises received information that from Monday – March 1 – the price of alcohol will increase from 178 hryvnia to 265 hryvnia per deciliter. We understand that gas prices are rising, grain prices are rising, and other expenses are increasing. But today it is not clear why five Ukrspirt distilleries hold onto the other 41 factories. And why should we pay for this? – said the director of the Ukrvodka association Vladimir Ostapyuk
“For the first time, the price of alcohol increases after the fact in one day. This is the first such precedent and this is definitely not what we were promised at the meeting. It would be fair and European to gather the producers and explain that there is a stalemate. And then in one day we received such a promotion from the monopolist. In what European country is this still possible? - Ostapyuk said, as quoted by Economic Truth.
According to him, alcohol makes up about 37% of the cost of production, and also recalled that all components for the production of vodka are imported.
“This will lead to the minimum price on the shelf being 55 hryvnia,” Ostapyuk noted.
Let us remind you that at the moment, a half-liter bottle of vodka costs 30 UAH. 90 kopecks
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