Poland: lower import of vegetables
According to preliminary data from Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) import of fresh and processed vegetables is lower than in 2008. Between January and August 2009

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (26.10-01.11.2009)
The apple harvest is slowly ending. Prices are still stable. The prices of apples for export, size 70+, packed into cartons are from 0.60 to 0.90 PLN (0.14-0.21 euro)/kg depending on the area of

Poland: the end of domestic plums
The stocks of domestic plums are ending. The last lots of plums stored in CA are exported. Prices of plums have not changed significantly week-on-week. On Tuesday, October 27, the price of

Poland: bigger supply of imported pepper
As usual for this time of year the supply of domestic pepper is low and such pepper is replaced by imported one. Wholesale quantities of Polish green pepper are still available and on Wednesday,

Poland: prices of exported mushrooms
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC), in 2009 the export prices of fresh mushrooms are lower than in 2008. In July the average export price was 1.34 euro/kg,

Poland: lower export of fresh vegetables
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) between January and August 2009 Poland exported 231.1 thousand t of fresh vegetables at value 91.8 m euro. Compared to the

Poland: bigger demand for beets
Last week in mazowieckie province one could see bigger demand for beets and this week this trend was confirmed. On Monday, October 26, in the area of Warsaw the most often price of beets was

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18.10-25.10.2009)
Last week prices of most fruit and vegetables remained stable or changed only slightly. This time of the year prices of vegetable change only slightly and bigger changes concern only such

Lower demand for Polish tomatoes
At the end of last week one could observe the slight decrease in prices of greenhouse tomatoes. On Friday, October 23 the price of B size tomatoes was 2.42 PLN (0.58 euro)/kg and the price of BB

The end of Polish peppers
The harvest of peppers is ending and the last wholesale quantities of domestic peppers are available on the market. Prices of domestic peppers remained stable due to the competition from pepper

Poland: prices of tomatoes
The beginning of the consecutive week of October didn’t bring rapid changes in prices of tomatoes. The prices of tomatoes of B and BB sizes slightly decreased as it was expected at the end of

Strong interest in Polish cabbage
This year’s harvest of white cabbage will be lower than last year also due to adversely weather. So probably the price situation will be different than last season when big supply and lower

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (11-18.10.2009)
Last week the prices of apples, both the dessert and the industrial ones remained stable. The purchase price of industrial apples was 0.14 - 0.17 PLN (0.033-0.04 euro)/kg in purchasing centers and

Poland: no changes in apples market
So far prices of apples remains low. The purchase prices of apples intended for export start from 0.35 PLN (0.083 euro)/kg, but hardly anyone wants to sell their apples for this price. On

Poland: bad weather will adversely affect the quality of Chinese cabbage
In many regions of Poland where the Chinese cabbage is cultivated, its harvest have just started and in some areas the harvest will start in one week so there is a lot of cabbage on the fields.

Poland: last supply of domestic aubergines and courgettes
The wholesale quantities of aubergines and courgettes are ending. In mazowieckie province the supply of aubergines is very low and courgettes is hardly to buy. The end of the season didn’t

Poland: the end of domestic sweet peppers
The harvest of sweet pepper in mazowieckie province probably will finish during one week. In the big production area of sweet pepper near Przytyk the supply of pepper is lower but prices are

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,

Poland: growing prices of cucumbers
At the beginning of the week the prices of greenhouses cucumbers are still growing. They are still lower than in the corresponding period of last year. On Monday, October 12 prices of long

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

Poland: decrease in prices of pears
Last week in mazowieckie province the purchase price of pears Conference, size 60 +, intended for export was 1.10-1.20 PLN (0.26-0.28 euro)/kg, while a week earlier it was 1.60 PLN (0.37 euro)/kg.

Poland: prices of cauliflowers and broccoli are still stable
The prices of cauliflowers and broccoli, which last month fluctuated and often differed depending on the region of Poland, are stable now. There is now a significant difference between the

Poland: growing prices of greenhouse cucumbers
Although the prices of greenhouses cucumbers are lower than last, upward trend in prices of these vegetables slowly diminishes this difference. Monday, October 5 was the consecutive day when

Poland: upward trend in prices of tomatoes
At the beginning of the week prices of tomatoes increased again. On Friday, October 3 the price of B tomatoes was to 17 PLN (4.00 euro)/carton 6 kg. On Monday, October 5 the price was 18 PLN (4.23

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