Poland: very low prices of apples
At the moment there is hardly any export of Polish apples to the east. As a result prices of apples are even low than last year when there were record crops of apples. On Monday, October 12,

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (05-11.10.2009)
At the end of the first decade of October the prices of apples, both industrial and dessert, remained stable. The price of industrial apples was 0.14 - 0.17 PLN (0.033-0.04 euro)/kg in purchasing

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (28.09-04.10.2009)
The beginning of October brought the worsening weather what influenced the prices of some vegetables. By contrast, as regards apples, nothing changed. Prices are stable at the low level. The

Poland: purchase prices of apples for export
Gala and Ligol have the highest purchase prices among varieties intended for export. This week in małopolskie province the prices of Gala, 70 + is 0.90 PLN (0.21 euro)/kg, and prices of Ligol, 80

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Poland: purchase prices of apples intended for export
The purchase prices of apples intended for export are decreasing. The average price 0.64 PLN (0.15 euro)/kg which was noted one week earlier went down by 0.05 PLN/kg (0.01 euro) week-on-week.

Poland: harvest of Shampion has started
The supply of apples of next early-autumn variety is slowly growing. After Gala, Lobo and Cortland the harvest of Shampion has started. The price level of this variety will probably similar to

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (14-20.09.2009)
In the third week of September, the prices of apples are still the hottest topic. The prices of industrial apples hardly changed. The price in processing plants is 0.18 - 0.20 PLN (0.04-0.05

Poland: Russia wants Polish Gala
Apples of Gala variety are popular on the Russian market and one can observe quite big demand from Russian recipients. However they don’t buy a lot because of price. The current price of Gala

Poland: Gala already on the market
The apples of early autumn varieties are slowly appearing on the market. There are more and more Lobo but their price is not satisfactory for fruit growers. On Monday, September 14 price of Lobo

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (07-13.09.2009)
The pace of apples harvest is slowly becoming faster but it is still far away to its peak. However the apples prices are already the hot topic. Prices of apples for processing are stable at a

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (31.08-06.09.2009)
At the beginning of September downward trend in prices of apples which one could already observe at the end of August, was even stronger. Prices of eating apples are dropping due to lower export

Poland: lower export of apples
The second half of August brought lower export of apples to Russia. The smaller demand for Polish apples on the Russian market influenced the prices of apples of early varieties. The price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Poland: export of apples – stable prices
New season has just only started, but Polish apples of early varieties are also in demand on foreign markets. Prices of apples intended for export are stable. Price of Paula Red and Delikates 7

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

Poland: very low prices of industrial apples
Although the current supply of industrial apples is low, prices are also low due to rather little demand. In mazowieckie province, in the area of big apples production (Grójec) the purchase

Russia needs Polish apples
A supply of apples of early varieties Paula Red and Delicates is growing. On the Russian market the demand for Polish apples is also increasing but export is not as high as it could be. Price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (10-16.08.2009)
The second decade of August started and many fruit growers started worrying about prices of industrial apples. Prices of industrial apples are low – 0.12-0.16 PLN (0.03-0.04 euro)/kg in

Poland: forecast on the purchase price of industrial apples
A next part of conflict between fruit farmers and processing industry over the purchase price of industrial apples is gearing up. Polish Association of Juices Producers estimates that the purchase

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.07-02.08.2009)
The end of July, how one could expect, didn't bring an increase in purchase prices of sour cherries. The prices at level 0.50 – 0.60 PLN (0.12-0.14 euro)/kg are catastrophic for fruit farmers.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (20-26.07.2009)
The third decade of July brought next decrease in purchase prices sour cherries. At the end of last week in surroundings of Sandomierz the purchase price of sour cherries for freezing was only

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit

Poland: the purchase of early apples
In mazowieckie province exporting companies were buying Early Geneva apples (70 mm+) at price 1.50 PLN (0.35 euro)/kg last week. However in podlaskie province the price of apples intended for