Germany resists
Germany's economy slowed in 2022, but managed to grow 1.9% faster than expected, and in energy it has done its homework with gas reserves exceeding 90%. The German economy has been resilient in

Carrot prices in Moldova are growing and further price increase is expected
As EastFruit price monitoring shows, prices for carrots have been rising on the Moldovan fruit and vegetable market for two weeks in a row now. After a slight and short decline caused by a

GfK Consumer Index: Higher average prices paid have compensated somewhat for volume loss
The value development of fruit/vegetables/potatoes lags behind the development of FMCG overall both in December 2022 (-2.2% vs. December 2021) and in 2022 as a whole (-3.6% vs. year 2021). This

Netherlands Special: Consumers buy head- and money-driven
The correct price perception for fruit and vegetables, trends, sustainability and important other projects for the future of the industry: tasks abound and even in times of crisis standardisation

Fruit and vegetable price trends as at 23 January
Freezing temperatures drive demand for cauliflowers and artichokes. Tarocco oranges finally have more pigmentation; the first Washington Navel and Moro oranges arrived on the market. The campaign

#Repartofresh. Convenience the driver of Spesa Facile by Cia-Conad
The Spesa facile format was launched five years ago by Cia-Conad to provide consumers with an every day low price proposition. “It is a sign that responds directly and very effectively to

Fruit and vegetable price trends as at 16 January
After the abnormally hot and rainy weather, the cold weather is playing a decisive role in the fruit and vegetable sector: it is, for example, prompting more colour in tarocco oranges and

A growing offer of native greenhouse vegetables on the Polish market
Today is the beginning of the calendar summer, so it is not surprising that the offer of domestic greenhouse vegetables on the Polish market is already wide. In recent days, the first batches of

Strawberries still better than expected on the Polish market
The trade campaign for domestic fresh strawberries in Poland enters the last decade of June and thus begins its summer phase (calendar-wise, as we have had thermal summer for several days). This

Green beans - prices fall sharply in Poland
In the last three years we have become accustomed to relatively high fresh bean prices in June in Poland. Especially when compared to 2016-2018, the later seasons (2019, 2020 and 2021) were

More vegetables from this year's harvest enter the market in Poland
More young vegetables from domestic crops are appearing on local wholesale markets in Poland. Interestingly, despite not the best weather, their trade is starting earlier than a year ago. Young

Weather has stopped the price trend for strawberries on the Polish market
The last few days have brought waves of cold air over Poland and temperatures have been dropping below zero in places since Monday. The meteorological services report that on Tuesday night the

More and more homegrown vegetables available on the Polish market
The domestic offer of new vegetables is consistently expanding on the fresh market in Poland. Of course, these are vegetables from under high cover at this early stage and their supply is limited,

Rhubarb prices in Poland - there's a lot going on
This year the course of the new season for early vegetables is marked by the stigma of cool weather on the one hand and drastically altered cost realities on the other. Rhubarb may not be a

Belarus restores pear imports from Poland
From 27 April this year Belarus has restored the possibility of supplying some EU fruits and vegetables since 27 April this year. As far as fruits are concerned, besides apples, pears are on the

Demand for root vegetables is not evenly distributed on the Polish market
Demand for root vegetables on the Polish wholesale market remains quite varied. There is one clear leader in this group. This is beetroot, the prices of which have been at a record high level on

Will there be demand for domestic new potatoes in Poland?
The 2021/2022 season proved to be significantly better than the previous season in terms of Polish potato prices. Now in its final period, the season is bringing prices at the large wholesale

Vegetable exports fro Poland (2012-2021)
The volume of vegetable exports from Poland in 2021 broke the downward trend of the previous two years, but it was not above the level of 2018 (the last year of the previous growth period, started

Big drop in tomato prices on the Polish market, but...
Prices of domestic greenhouse tomatoes in Poland have suffered a big fall in recent days. Besides, these prices have been in a dynamic downward trend since the beginning of April. In the

Imports of nectarines to Poland in 2021
Poland - the import volume of nectarines (CN category 08093010 - Fresh nectarines) amounted to 33.8 thousand tonnes in 2021, and its value to PLN 203.5 million. This means an increase in imports

What about onion prices on the Polish market?
Spring this year has brought quite a few changes in the prices of vegetables in the Polish large wholesale market. Not all of these changes are increases, because some vegetables are doing poorly

Trading of white cabbage picked up after Easter in Poland
The Easter period brought a natural slowdown in traders' activity on the wholesale fresh produce market. This was also visible in the case of white cabbage. Before Easter, trading on the

Apple exports from Poland 2021/2022 (August-February)
According to the latest CSO data, Poland's apple exports in February 2022 are up on those in January this year. Cumulative exports in the 2021/2022 season also remain higher than in the

More for cucumbers in Poland
The second half of March brought a fairly dynamic drop in prices of domestic greenhouse cucumbers offered to the wholesale trade on a larger scale. This drop was caused by an increase of the