Ukraine: chaotic fresh produce price fluctuations last week
“For the first time over the past 4 years of Fruit-Inform Ukrainian fresh produce price index history, we have observed such a chaotic situation in the fruit and vegetable sector”, says Ms.

Poland overtakes China as world's top apple exporter
“During the 2012/2013 season, apple exports amounted to 1.2 million tonnes, reaching the value of 438 million Euro,” he noted. A third of Poland's apple production now goes towards exports,

Lack of iceberg lettuce
We have bad news from Spain and Italy. Warm weather causes worse conditions of vegetation and decreases production. Everything indicates that there will be less vegetables on tha European market.

Challenging but rosy future for soft fruit
Robert Verloop of Naturipe, kicked off with a vision for the future of the softfruit sector and the challenges in the sector. Firstly softfruit should follow the example of Coca Cola with the

Berries of Ukraine Conference moves to Vinnytsia!
Last year’s edition was successfully held in Mykolaiv and gathered record high number of participants. For the year 2014, the organizers decided to hold the conference in another large berry

Spain: Tomato prices on the rise
The most valued by the market is the Daniela, with almost 0.85 Euro/kilo, followed closely by the Green Daniela and pear tomatoes, both standing at around 0.75 Euro/kilo. At the other end of the

Poland: ongoing increase in apple prices at Bronisze Market
In particular, current prices of Golden Delicious apples vary between 0.60-0.62 euro/kg, an increase of 7-8% compared with the previous week. It should also be noted that a week-on-week increase

Drugs find in German supermarket
It is not the first time that drugs have been discovered in a German supermarket. The white substance was 'in very high probability' drugs, reported a member of Leipzig's police last Saturday.

Poland: unstable prices for grapes
In late March, after a short break, Polish importers again offered Red Globe grapes. However, their origin has changed from Peruvian to Chilean now. Last week, prices of those grapes reached

More active exports provoke jump in white cabbage prices in Poland
Last week Polish farmers said of lack of a seasonal increase in white cabbage prices due to low demand in the internal market and externally. Before the weekend they were ready to sell white

Prices of bananas down
Prices of bananas have been rising for almost two months. This week they went down. The drop isn't significant but satisfying. Last week prices decreased in average at 4%. Currently bananas

Tomato harvest going well in Central and Eastern Europe
According to the German Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI), products from Spain, Morocco and Turkey can sufficiently cover the demand on the European markets and Russian market. The early spring with

Spain: 30% reduction in the production of Iceberg lettuce
Murcia recorded the warmest winter since 2007 with the highest temperatures in Spain, to 27.2 ° C. These mild temperatures have led to an advance of 15 days in production throughout the last 3

Brussels wants to tighten regulations on organic products
They want to make organic products more reliable and check them more, states the German website Proplanta.de report. Stricter regulations and checks should make sure that organic products are

Export going to be better
Currently situation on the market is as good as at the turn of January and March when demand was high as well as prices. Conflict between Russian Federation and EU last but traders

Poland: Gala stocks twice as high as last year
As of February 01, 2014, Gala stocks totaled 70,000 tons in the country, while in the same period of the previous season they had amounted to just 35,000 tons. Such a sharp year-on-year difference

Stable market of melons
Importers say that demand for melons is quite good. This is why it can be said that the situation on the market of melons remain stable. Prices of melons of Galia variety have increased at 7%

EU to ban Indian mangoes, vegetables
The prohibition, which goes into effect in May, covers mangoes, aubergines, the taro plant and two types of gourd. These represent less than 5 per cent of the bloc’s fresh fruit and vegetable

Very high prices of bananas Chiquita
For a long time prices of Chiquita bananas have been stable and quite low. However the situation has changed recently. Prices went up and they seem to increase even more. Higher demand for

Firma z Sokółki: kupię łupiny od orzechów
              Firma kupi łupiny po łupaniu orzechów włoskich i laskowych. P.H.U. JARMILul. Gen. J.H. Dąbrowskiego 2316-100 Sokółkapowiat

Eksport łuskanych i niełuskanych orzechów włoskich
Sytuacja w eksporcie orzechów włoskich nie jest tak klarowna jak w przypadku orzechów laskowych (eksport orzechów laskowych). Na przestrzeni ostatnich 5 lat nie uwidocznił

Red Globe - lack of fruits on the market
In last days grapes Red Globe from Peru disapeared from offer. They were available in Poland but price increase was suprising - 35% per kg. it can be noticed that this week stituation on the

Berries of Ukraine Conference moves to Vinnytsia!
Last year’s edition was successfully held in Mykolaiv and gathered record high number of participants. For the year 2014, the organizers decided to hold the conference in another large berry

Stable prices of strawberries
Supply of imported strawberries in Poland reached maximum. Fruits are available as bananas or apples. High supply and influenced prices which started stabilizing. Last week prices of

Stable prices of bananas
Recent situation on the market of bananas could be shocking for buyers. During two weeks prices of fruits have increased at 10% - from 75.00 PLN to 84.00 PLN/ 18 kg carton. This week wholesale