Purchase price of apples are still decreasing
On Wednesday, October 8th in many regions of Poland purchase price of industrial apples was 0.029 EUR/kg. So the purchase prices of industrial apples came back to the lowest level which was

Prices of industrial apples decreased again
The purchasing centres buying industrial apples much lowered the purchase prices this week. In podkarpackie province the prices were at the level of 0.035-0.04 EUR/kg. In mazowieckie and

Decrease in prices of greenhouse cucumbers
In the current week price of greenhouse cucumbers started decreasing. On Tuesday, October 7th the average prices of long cucumbers was 1.16 – 1.30 EUR/kg and the price of short cucumbers was

Price of industrial apples
The beginning of the week brought the next decline in purchase prices of industrial apples. On Monday, October 6th the purchase prices was 0.035 - 0.038 EUR/kg. The supply of industrial apples

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (29.09-05.10.2008)
The prices of industrial apples decreased on the turn of Sep/Oct. In the purchasing centres their price was 0.04 – 0.05 EUR/kg at the end of the week. This due to the fact that there is a crop

Onion will be more expensive
We already informed about predictions of poor harvest of onion released by The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) as well as about the adverse weather conditions in the end of summer

Apples for processing: the queues in front of purchasing centres
October began and price of industrial apples 0.08 EUR/kg which was agreed after blockades of processing plants is not in force any more. Purchase prices of apples delivered to the plant

Low prices of dessert apples
In the first days of October prices of desert apples cause the sleepless nights of fruit growers. On Thursday, October 2nd the price of Cortland and Lobo varieties of 7+ size was 0.20 - 0.22

Poor crops of potatoes
This year's crop of potatoes will be lower than last year and even lower than average crops in years 2001-2005. The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) assessed crops of potatoes in 2008 at

Great fall of Shampion
In many regions of Poland there was a great fall of apples of Shampion variety what had also an influence on the decline in prices of apples for processing. The reason isn't clear. It could be

Low prices of Cortland
In the area of Grójec purchase prices of apples of Cortland variety (size 75+, in boxes of 15 kg) intended for export are at the level of 0.15 EUR/kg. Prices of this variety are exceptionally

Will the price of industrial apples decrease?
A few days without the rain caused that in purchasing centres more industrial apples appeared. Fruit growers are in a hurry with the sale of apples for processing in order to concentrate on

Less and less of domestic sweet peppers
On Monday, September 29th prices of domestic red sweet peppers stayed at the level of 1.00 – 1.06 EUR/kg of sorted peppers in cardboard boxes of 5 kg. Prices of green sweet peppers slightly

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (22-28.09.2008)
The fourth week of September is a period of relative stability of prices especially on the vegetables market. Of course apples still remain the main topic. Prices of industrial apples in

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

Prices of pears and apples for export
This week prices of pears purchased for the export increased. The average purchase price of pears rose by about 5% in comparison with prices of last week. It is a result of starting the purchase

Price of dessert apples
As we informed yesterday, one can have a hope that the purchase prices of dessert apples can grow at the begging of next year. At the moment prices aren't impressive. On Thursday, September 25th

Will the bad weather influence the quality of onion?
The constant rainfall in many regions of Poland causes that the harvest of many vegetables is difficult. It concerns among others onion and it will probably influence its quality. During the

Cauliflowers: the lack of wholesale volumes
Because of the unfavourable weather conditions it is difficult to buy the wholesale amounts of cauliflowers. Some producers don’t offer cauliflowers at the moment. The lack of cauliflowers on

Apples: Shampion earlier than last year
In the purchasing centres there are more and more apples of late varieties. There is still the purchase of earlier varieties as Paulared and Delikates but the purchase of e.g. Shampion has already

Production of Polish apples
The average annual yield of apples in Poland amounts to 2-2.4 million ton, including 1.9-2.2 million ton in orchards producing apples for selling. At average harvests of 2.3 million ton (in 2008

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (15-21.09.2008)
The prices of apples stayed of course the most important issue in the third week of September. The guaranteed purchase price 0.084 EUR/kg is paid only for the raw material of perfect quality. In

Low quality of fruit – low competitiveness
On the Polish market a share of domestic fruit of the low-quality is still too high. One can assessed that 500-600 thousand ton of fruit, i.e. only 16-19 % of total amount of fruit meet the high

The president of KUPS: 0.28 zloty/kg for industrial apples is too high price
The President of The Polish Association of Juices Producers, Julian Pawlak, informed on a press conference that the purchase price (0.28 zloty/kg i.e. about 0.083 EUR/kg) of industrial apples

Prices of dessert apples
More dessert apples of different varieties have appeared on the market. On Monday, September 15th the price of apples of Gala variety, packed into cardboard boxes of 12 kg and 70+ size was 0.30