Low onion and cabbage prices in Poland
Growers from Sandomierz area complain on low prices and blame imports. Farmers claim the good crop and cheap cabbage and onion from Ukraine and Moldova forced them to sell below the production

Import of vegetables in 2008
Between January and October 2008 import of fresh vegetables amounted to 290.7 thousand t at value 202.4 million euro and import of canned vegetables amounted to 131 thousand t at value 118.9

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (12-18.01.2009)
The Orthodox holidays passed and the export of apples to the East speeded up but the price didn’t change. The average price of red apples size 7 + was 0.85 PLN (0.20 euro)/kg with packaging.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (5-11.01.2009)
The weather was recently the most important factor affecting the trade and prices on the market of fruit and vegetables. The heavy frost affected both the supply and turnover on the market. The

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (15-21.12.2008)
In the third week of December prices of apples for export remained stable. The price (without packaging) of red varieties, size 7 +, was from 0.40 PLN (0.097 euro)/kg. There are a lot of apples

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (8-14.12.2008)
In the second week of December prices of eating apples remained stable. Prices of red apples, size 70 + and 75 + intended for export were from 0.176 to 0.227 euro/kg. Golden Delicious still

Prices of peeled onion slightly decreased
The purchase prices of peeled onion in processing plants and cold stores slightly decreased this week. According to traders it is a result of smaller demand for peeled onion from foreign

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (1-7.12.2008)
At the beginning of December increase in prices on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables was stopping by relatively high twenty-four hour temperatures. However shorter days and less daylight

Onion for processing
In food-processing plants the purchase prices of peeled onion started decreasing due to lower demand from West-European recipients. At the moment in plants in kujawsko-pomorskie province the

Prices of onion slightly down
Although estimates for this year’s harvests of onion show that the crops will be lower than last year's even by about 20 % (and lower by 14 % than average of years 2001 - 2005) prices of onion

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (17-23.11.2008)
The third week of November together with lower temperature brought some changes in prices of fruit and vegetables. However these changes did not concern the apples. In mazowieckie province the

Dutch onion better for peeling
Food processing industry thinks that Polish onion is of poorer quality this year, particularly as regards the size. The summer drought caused that onion was small. Onion for peeling should have

Lower export of vegetables?
According to the newest forecasts IERiGZ-PIB in the season 2008/2009 the export of fresh vegetables can lower by about 10 percent to 440-450 thousand ton. They predict that especially export of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (3.-9.11.2008)
On the market of fresh fruit and vegetables prices still remain stable. The first week of November didn't see great changes.The average prices of industrial apples were staying at level 0.027

Price of onion
We have already informed that the Central Statistical Office (GUS) estimated this year's crop of onion at considerably lower level than last year. However so far there is enough onion on the

Increase in import of vegetables
As we have already informed the export of fresh vegetables decreased in August compared with August of last year. On the other hand according to the newest CAAC data (Analytical Centre of

Prices of peeled onions
In zachodnio-pomorskie province the purchase prices of peeled onion (packed in 25 kg mesh bags) delivered to the processing plants are at the last week level 0.21 euro/kg. This year’s purchase

Decrease in export of fresh vegetables
The latest data concerning the Polish export shows that in August of this year the sale of fresh vegetables lowered by 30 percent compared with August of 2007. This year in August the export of

Onion: low prices, low export
In spite of the fall in the production of onion its purchase prices are also lower by about 0.027 euro/kg than last year. This week in małopolskie province the average purchase price of onion

Red onions for export
In mazowieckie province the purchase price of red onions for export in mesh bags of 25 kg is 0.31 -0.32 euro/kg. In comparison with last week the purchase prices lowered by about 0.028

Prices of onion still low
We have already informed that prices of onion started growing in areas where supply were low. However in most purchasing centres prices of onion are still low and e.g. in łódzkie province the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (29.09-05.10.2008)
The prices of industrial apples decreased on the turn of Sep/Oct. In the purchasing centres their price was 0.04 – 0.05 EUR/kg at the end of the week. This due to the fact that there is a crop

Onion will be more expensive
We already informed about predictions of poor harvest of onion released by The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) as well as about the adverse weather conditions in the end of summer

Onion: crops forecast is not good
When we already informed, a dozen or so rainy days firmly worsened conditions of the harvest of onion and it affected its quality adversely. On fields one can see, that the plenty of onion is

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (22-28.09.2008)
The fourth week of September is a period of relative stability of prices especially on the vegetables market. Of course apples still remain the main topic. Prices of industrial apples in