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

Will the leeks be more expensive?
The wholesale prices of leeks started growing as a result of the latest heavy frost. On Wednesday, 7th December the wholesale price of leeks exceeded 3.00 PLN (0.76 euro)/kg. In świętokrzyskie

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (22.12.2008 – 04.01.2009)
During the last decade of December, pre-Christmas period was of course the most important for trade. In 2008, differently than usually, before Christmas there was not a big increase of sales of

Import of fresh fruit and vegetables
In the period January-September 2008 import of fresh fruit amounted to 817.8 thousand t against 896.7 thousand t in 2007. A total value of purchased fruit was 664.8 million euro against 589.5

Import of processed fruit and vegetables
Between January and September 2008 Poland imported 195.4 thousand t of processed fruit and 170.0 thousand t of processed vegetables. For comparison last year’s import of processed fruit and

Export of Polish vegetables
In the period January – September 2008 Poland exported 508.0 thousand t of fresh vegetables, i.e. by about 20 % more than in the corresponding period of 2007 when the exported volumes amounted

Bigger production of vegetable juices
According to the latest data of Polish Central Statistic Office (GUS) in September 2008 the production of single species vegetable juices much increased. In August the medium and large

Iceberg lettuce is going down
Imported vegetables generally are becoming more expensive but not Iceberg lettuce. Recently cheaper iceberg lettuces have been delivered from Spain and their prices on Polish market decreased.

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

Consumers like ready-to-cook food
More and more rapid life causes that people have less time for preparing dinner dishes. That’s why consumers are more and more interested in frozen ready-to-cook food which is simple to

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

Hypermarkets exploit the situation of fruit and vegetables overproduction
Thanks to the favourable weather in this season, on the market there are a lot of domestic root vegetables and brassica. The supply is so big that suppliers have problems with selling. The

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (24-30.11.2008)
The recent week of November on the market of fruits and vegetables didn't differ from the rest of the month. In mazowieckie province the purchase prices of industrial apples remained fixed: 0.026

Will the export of vegetables to eastern markets gather pace?
An export of Polish apples to eastern markets is gathering pace. Will the vegetables follow the apples? At the moment traders are complaining about poor export of vegetables. However everyone is

Growing export to Russia – the chance for higher prices of apples?
Lifting the ban on export of fresh fruit and vegetables to Russia is a chance for boosting the export of Polish apples. Russia is the biggest recipient of Polish apples. Every year Poland export

Last cauliflowers on the market
The season of domestic cauliflowers is definitively ending. However some lots of these vegetables from the cold stores are still on the wholesale market. On Monday, 24th November in lubelskie

Lower export of vegetables to Czech and Slovakia
According to traders who export fresh fruit and vegetables to the Czech and Slovakia the situation in export is rather bad. At the moment the demand from Czech and Slovak importers is quite

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

The end of vegetables harvest
The harvest of vegetables is ending. At the moment prices are stable and this situation should not change in the near future in spite of the lower this year's crop of vegetables. Central

The market of beets
In companies providing the retail trade with beetroots the purchase price of these vegetables are stable. In małopolskie province the purchase prices of beets is about 0.13 euro/kg for brushed

The end of the harvest of cauliflowers and broccoli
Prices of cauliflowers and broccoli increased by about 0.026 euro/piece and in surroundings of Zamość their price is 0.36 euro/piece and 0.34 euro/piece with the packaging. In the surroundings

When will the export of vegetables to the East grow?
Export of fresh vegetables to the Eastern markets, especially to Russia has been low for many weeks. Polish traders are complaining about the stagnation and the low demand from their trading

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (10-16.11.2008)
On the market of fresh fruit and vegetables the consecutive week of November passed uneventfully without price changes. Prices of industrial apples stayed at the low and stable level. In the

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