New Year’s table-2021 will cost Ukrainians 1706 hryvnias, which is 5.3% more than last year. The cost of a New Year’s table with delicacies will increase to UAH 2,176.09.
“On average in Ukraine, the cost of the New Year’s table in 2021 for a Ukrainian family of 4 will increase compared to the cost of the New Year’s table in 2020 by only 5.3% and will amount to 1706.09 UAH,” the director of the Institute of Agrarian Economics, Academician NAAS of Yuri Lupenko was quoted.
According to him, the New Year’s menu was taken from dishes that are traditional for the table of the average family: salads, meat and fish products, vegetables, fruits, bakery and confectionery, beverages and more.
According to the calculations of scientists from the Institute of Agrarian Economics, 3 kg of salad “Olivier” traditional recipe will cost 159.37 UAH. This is 13.8% more than when celebrating the New 2020 year. The most expensive ingredients of the dish are sausage – 70 UAH per 0.5 kg, 0.5 kg of green peas – 32.50 UAH, 200 g of pickles – 16.50 UAH, 6 eggs – 14.50 UAH and 180 g of mayonnaise – 12, 50 грн. Onions, carrots and potatoes will cost another UAH 13.37, the prices of which have decreased (except for carrots) by the end of 2020, compared to 2019 by 23.5% and 30.1%.
At the level of last year, the salad “Herring under a fur coat” (1.5 kg) will cost – UAH 120.37. The lion’s share of its value will be herring fillets – 100 UAH per 0.5 kg. Mayonnaise (180 g) will cost UAH 12.50, carrots – UAH 1.81 (1 piece), beets – UAH 2.17 (1 piece), onions – UAH 1.19 (1 piece), potatoes – UAH 2.70 (2 pcs.).
Expenditures on meat products increased by 10-30%, said Yuriy Lupenko. Pound cuts of smoked sausage “Salami” will cost 89.50 USD (+ 11.9% vs. 2019 prices) Podcherevok smoked – 100 UAH (+ 25%), fresh pork cue – 110.0 UAH (33.3 %). Poultry meat at the end of 2020 is the cheapest among other types of meat. For 1 kg of fresh chicken fillet will have to pay, on average, 95 UAH. In total, the cost of 2.5 kg of meat products on the New Year’s table will reach UAH 394.50.
Traditional for the Ukrainian table herring (0.5 kg of fillet) will cost 100 UAH, hard cheese (300 g) – 66 UAH and a pack of butter (200 g) – 38 UAH. Dairy products have risen in price by 10-12% this year.
The cost of vegetables on the New Year’s table will be, on average, 182.3 UAH. Potatoes (2 kg) will cost UAH 19.30 this year, mushrooms (1 kg) – UAH 50, sweet peppers (0.5 kg) – UAH 52.50, fresh cucumbers (0.5 kg) – UAH 22.50, fresh tomatoes (1 kg) – UAH 38.00.
Fruit on the holiday table will cost 104 hryvnias. For 2 kg of tangerines we will pay 70 UAH, 1 kg of bananas will cost, on average, 25 UAH, lemon (200 g) – 9 UAH.
A loaf of white bread (1 kg) will cost UAH 24.95, and chocolates – UAH 170 per 1 kg.
A bottle of Artemivske champagne (0.75 l) will cost UAH 100. One and a half times more – 170 UAH – will have to pay for a bottle (0.5 l) of Shabo cognac aged for 5 years.
Soft drinks will cost UAH 76.60. You will have to pay UAH 38.30 for 2 liters of Sadochok juice, UAH 11.30 for Morshynska water (1.5 liters) and UAH 27 for Zhyvchyk fresh water (2 liters).
Families who have the opportunity to buy delicacies will have to pay an additional 470 UAH. A jar of red caviar (120 g) will cost UAH 250, and 200 g of red fish – UAH 220. As a result, the cost of a New Year’s table with delicacies will increase to UAH 2,176.09, the scientist noted.
The cost of the budget version of the New Year’s table in Kyiv will be UAH 1916.78, which is 7.4% more than the cost of the New Year’s table in 2020. The table with delicacies will cost the residents of the capital UAH 2,426.78, Yuriy Lupenko summed up.
The calculation of the cost of the New Year’s table in 2021 was made by the National Research Center “Institute of Agrarian Economics” based on data from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, monitoring retail prices in urban markets and supermarkets on average by region as of December 1, 2020.
