Poland: low prices of raspberries for processing
Processing plants buying raspberries aren't satisfied with quality of fruits delivered to the plants. A lot of raspberries can be only classify in II class due to adverse weather conditions. The

Poland: purchase of industrial raspberries already started
In Poland the lubelskie province is famous for big production of raspberries. About 80 % of raspberries in Poland are produced in this province. At the end of last week processing plants in

Export of Polish cooled and frozen raspberries in 2008
According to Analytical Centre of Custom Administration (CAAC) in 2008 Poland exported 32.5 thousand t of cooled raspberries and 45.5 thousand t of frozen raspberries i.e. by over 30 % more than

The end of industrial raspberries purchase
The processing plants already finished the purchase of autumn varieties of raspberries for freezing. In this season the late raspberries reached the high prices and the average price was 1.014

Crops of fruit in 2008
The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) published on its website "Preliminary results of assessing of main crops in 2008". This document contains data among others about potatoes, field

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (8-14.09.2008)
Last week the agreement on purchase prices of apples for processing was reached. A guaranteed price is 0.28 zloty/kg (about 0.083 EUR/kg) for apples delivered to the plant, but only four

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (1-7.09.08)
In the first week of September on the market of fruit and vegetables there weren’t the significant fluctuations in prices. A turning point in the dispute over purchase prices of apples for

Increase of price of raspberries for processing
The purchase of raspberries is reducing and some processing plants will probably finish purchasing in next days. At present prices of Polana and Polka raspberries are rising. In lubelskie

Polish raspberries on German market
On the wholesale markets in Germany price of Polish raspberries in 250g containers is 7.60 euro/kg and price of German raspberries (in containers of 250 g) is 12.00 euro/kg. Prices of Polish

Purchase of raspberries of late varieties
In August it is a peak of purchase of raspberries of late varieties. Price situation, in comparison with prices of different fruit, is quite good. In central Poland price of raspberries is about

Raspberries for processing
In świętokrzyskie province price of raspberries of the variety Polana delivered to the plant is about 1.22 – 1.23 EUR/kg. Prices of raspberries in podkarpackie province are a little bit lower

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (11-17.08.2008)
The second week of August passed. As regards prices of fruit, both prices of dessert fruit and fruit for processing stayed at low level. In spite of last week's announcements purchase price of

Prices of raspberries – exception to the this year’s rule
Purchase prices of raspberries, in spite of little fluctuation, have been staying at the stable level of about 1.22 EUR/kg. In lubelskie province, on Tuesday, August 12th raspberries were being

Price of raspberries for processing
Processing plants decreased price of raspberries. Last week in lubelskie province price of raspberries delivered to the plant decreased to 1.30 – 1.34 EUR/kg while at the begging of second week

What production of deep-frozen fruits was?
In the season 2007/2008 production of deep-frozen fruit was 280 thousand tons while in the previous season it was 380 thousand tons. Production of deep-frozen strawberries decreased from 145

Unstable prices of raspberries
Purchase price of raspberries for processing is not stable. Last decrease when price was lower than 1.22 EUR/kg resulted in protests of producers including announcement of stopping harvests.

Big demand for raspberries
In lubelskie province purchase price of raspberries for processing delivered to the plant is 1.33 – 1.36 EUR/kg i.e. by about 0.24 EUR/kg more than in 2007. According to buyers supply of

More and more raspberries
More and more processing plants purchase raspberries. In lubelskie province price of raspberries delivered to the plant is 1,34 – 1,37 EUR/kg. In podkarpackie province prices of raspberries

First deliveries of raspberries for deep-freezing
Processing plants started purchasing of raspberries for deep-freezing. Prices of first lots of raspberries delivered to the plants were 1.34 – 1.37 EUR/kg. At the purchasing centres price was

Decrease of fruit price in 2008?
Purchase price of most fruit in 2008 will probably much decrease in comparison with very high prices of last year. Purchase prices of dessert apples will decrease by 40 % to 0.39 EUR/kg. Prices of

Production costs of raspberries in 2008
The forecast of production costs of raspberries prepared by IAFE-NRI (ZEO-IERiGŻ-PIB) shows these costs will be at level of 0.89 – 1.07 EUR/kg (or 7 473 – 8 056 EUR/ha). Production costs at

Unprofitable raspberries
Production cost calculation conducted by Horticultural Economics Department of IAFE-NRI (ZEO-IERiGŻ-PIB) shows that domestic production of raspberries was unprofitable in years 2004 –