PRICING FOR THE PRODUCTS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

The article reflects the influence of factors on the cost price of organic products formation. It has been established that due to differences in technologies, the cost price of organic production exceeds the cost price of production of traditional products. Comparison of actual prices for organic and conventional products abroad and in Ukraine has been conducted. Theoretical and methodological foundations of pricing for organic products have been examined; several differences between pricing of organic products and the traditional ones have been revealed. The existing methods of pricing of the organic products have been analyzed. The advanced method of pricing of the organic products using the equivalent prices of agricultural products and organic extra charge has been developed. Stock-taking of difference in the yield capacity, risk of crop loss, crops rotation productivity and difference in storage terms in the organic extra charge has been justified.

organic products, traditional products, cost price, elasticity of demand, price, pricing, organic extra charge, equivalent price, consumer value, production technology