Poland: do processing plants need sour cherries?
The purchase prices of sour cherries at the level 0.45 PLN (0.11 euro)/kg seem to give the negative answer to above question. Prices of sour cherries are already so low that their picking is

Poland: prices of industrial sour cherries are still decreasing
The purchase prices of sour cherries for freezing didn't stop at the level of 0.60 PLN (0.14 euro)/kg. At the beginning of last week in the area of Sandomierz the purchase price of such fruits

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

Poland: low prices of sour cherries for processing
The prices of sour cherries intended for juice concentrate are lower than last year. In podkarpackie province the purchase price of such sour cherries is about 0.70 PLN (0.16 euro)/kg (in

Poland: high supply of cherries
Prices of cherries low since the beginning of the season, now additionally are decreasing because of very high supply of these fruits. The export prices dropped to the level 2.00 – 4.00 PLN

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: export prices of sour cherries
As we already informed, the purchase prices of industrial sour cherries for freezing further decreased from about 1.00 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg to about 0.80 PLN (0.19 euro)/kg. Prices of dessert sour

Poland: difficult export of cherries
We already wrote about problems with this year's export of cherries. Due to adverse weather conditions it’s difficult to find good quality cherries which could be chilled and transported. So

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (06-12.07.2009)
The harvest of strawberries is ending, at the moment the strawberries are being picked in the north-western part of Poland. Last week one could observe the decreasing supply of strawberries what

Poland: high supply of cherries
A few sunny days, especially in southern Poland, caused that cherries supply increased on the market. As a result prices of cherries are rather low. On Thursday, July 9 the price of good quality

Poland: beginning of sour cherries purchase
It is only a begging of sour cherries purchase and so far only a few companies purchase these fruits. The bigger purchase is expected next week. At the moment the purchase prices are rather low

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (29.06-05.07.2009)
At the end of June and beginning of July harvests of blackcurrants started. The first prices in purchasing centers aren't too high, from 1.40 to 1.80 PLN (0.37-0.41 euro)/kg, depending on the area

Poland: sour cherries started cracking due to rainy weather
The weather in June adversely affected the quality of strawberries and cherries. Also sour cherries orchards suffered damage because of heavy rains. There is still time left to the cherries

Poland: prices of cherries
On Monday, June 29 the prices of cherries depending on the region of Poland were as follows: 2.00-3.00 PLN (0.44-0.66 euro)/kg for Van variety and 5.00-6.00 PLN (1.10-1.32 euro)/kg for Vega and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (22-28.06.2009)
June was exceptionally rainy this year. Much rain and the lack of sun considerably influenced the market of fresh fruit and vegetables. The weather made the harvest difficult and adversely

Poland: poor quality of cherries
There are very small quantities of good quality cherries on the market. Generally fruits are of poor quality, they are easily cracking and they withstand chilling and transport badly. And demand

Poland: prices of cherries
In 2008 production of cherries (40.8 thousand t) was twice higher than in 2007. This year one can expect also the good harvest. The purchase prices of cherries are similar to the prices of last

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15-21.06.2009)
In the third week of June prices of fresh fruit and vegetables didn't change much. Only prices of tomatoes decreased considerably and on the contrary prices of apples increased much. The stocks

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (08-14.06.2009)
In the second week of June the weather was still unfavourable for growth of fruit and vegetables. Rains and relatively low temperatures adversely affected the supply and prices first of all

Poland: decrease in sour cherries plantation
In 2000-2007 area of sour cherries orchards in Poland were increasing much and in 2007 reached the highest level about 40 thousand ha. In 2007-2008 one could notice the fall in area of sour

Poland: early cherries already on the market
Cherries of early varieties have already appeared on the market. At the moment their quantities aren't big but every week the supply will be higher. On Friday, May 29 the prices of these cherries

Prices of frozen sour cherries
In the past harvest season of soft fruit the fruit growers complained about low purchase prices sour cherries. According to the latest data of Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration

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

Production of cherries: high level of risk
Fruit growers producing cherries of at least 25 mm in diameter achieve the biggest profits. Price of cherries of smaller size are much lower. The highest prices growers obtained for cherries of

Production of cherries: very bad year
For a few years Poland is the second important producer of sour cherries in the world (the first one is Russia). This year the profitability of the production of sour cherries was very low. At