Situation on the bananas market
Supply of bananas in Europe is getting higher. Russians stopped ordering big volumes of fruits and thanks to that situation in Europe have stabilized. Of course, it influenced prices in Poland

Courgette - will prices increase?
Prices of imported courgette have never been so low. Currently Spanish vegetable cost PLN 3.00 - 4.00 / kg (wholesale). In March prices were at the level of PLN 4.00 - 5.00 / kg. Since the

Weather influenced prices of tomatoes
There was no real winter this year and this is why production of tomatoes has started earlier. Due to this the supply was increasing very fast. As a consequence of early spring prices were going

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: prices of pears up by 25% month-on-month at Bronisze Wholesale Market
For the present, pears are offered at 1.10-1.15 euro/kg, an increase of 7-10% week-on-week. Compared with the previous month, pears became more than a quarter more expensive. For comparison, in

Aubergine getting cheaper
Does anyone remember that in December aubergine from Spain cost PLN 16.00 / kg on the wholesale market? Now prices are going down. First price drop was in January when they decreased from PLN

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.

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

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

Less pineapples on the market
Trade of pineapples is going worse. Importers have just little volume of fruits in offer. Polish importers say that it isn't worth buying pineapples. Prices are getting higher and demand is very

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

Polish apple market on the verge of supply glut
“Those growers that managed to finish their apple sales campaign before the start of 2014 or in early January (before Maidan events) can consider themselves rather lucky”, Polish producers

Discounts for participation in Ukraine's most important berry event in effect until April 4
Registration of participants goes on with berry and cherry growers, processors, suppliers of inputs and equipment accounting for the majority of them. The conference will also involve

Demand for early cabbage
Early cabbage imported from Italy have been available for a longer time. Prices are not high and we could notice a slight drop. Now it is about 28.00 - 30.00 PLN/ 6kg box. As at the end of March

Poland: Lower prices of broccoli
The lowest level prices reached on 20th of February. In a week following that day broccoli were available on the Polish wholesale market at the price of 1.50 PLN / piece. Supermarkets offered

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%

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

Chinese cabbage prices up in Ukraine and Poland
In particular, Chinese cabbages are offered at Krymskiy Privoz Wholesale Market (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine) at UAH 7-8/kg (EUR 0.46-0.52/kg), an increase of 14-17% week-on-week. We would remind

Stable situation on the citrus fruits market
Imorters say that prices are possible to change just before Easter. Demand should increase then and prices will go up. However it is not sure. Currently prices of particular citrus fruits remain

Demand for Chinese cabbage starts to go up in Poland
Due to low export rates and enough amount of this kind of vegetables on the domestic market of Poland, prices for Chinese cabbage remain quite stable since February 2014. This week Russian

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 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

Poland: Increasing demand for oyster mushroom
There are more and more buyers interested in oyster mushrooms. Polish consumers become convinced of their quality. Demand is so high that producers don't have problems with sale. Taking into

Very cheap cauliflowers
Situation on the cauliflower market isn't good for producers. Very good and warm weather caused is a reason of high volume of vegetables on the market. Supply is much higher than demand and it

Lower demand for red cabbage
Prices of red cabbage are much higher than white. It's not an extraordinary situation but there were years when white cabbage was more expensive. The chart below shows that current season is