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: 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

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

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

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: 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

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (4.08 – 10.08.2008)
In the end of first week of August purchase prices of sour cherries increased a little bit. Price of sour cherries for juice concentrate reached the level of 0.18 EUR/kg and sour cherries for deep

Problems with purchase of apples for processing
Everything is pointing at the fact that the purchase of apples for processing will meet the same problems as the purchase of sour cherries. Let us remind, that in spite of beginning of purchase of

What purchase price of apricots will be?
Producers of apricots will probably have the same problems what producers of sour cherries i.e. low purchase prices and difficulty with sale of fruit. This year heavy crop of apricots is expected.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (21-27.07.08)
The level of purchase price of sour cherries is undoubtedly a hot topic of last days. In spite of protests of fruit growers, last week price did not only increase, but they had a downward trend.

Low price of apples for processing
Purchase prices of apples for processing do not exceed 0.06 EUR/kg, so they are drastically lower in comparison with those of last season when crops of apples was very low. Purchase prices will

Will the sour cherries orchards be cleared?
Throughout the country purchase prices of sour cherries for deep-freezing are staying at the level of 0.22 - 0.28 EUR/kg. It means that harvest of sour cherries is completely unprofitable. The

Sour cherries: prices below the profitability level
Purchase prices of sour cherries are still decreasing. In podkarpackie province trading companies are buying sour cherries for deep-freezing at price 0.25 - 0.28 EUR/kg and for juice concentrate

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (14-20.07.08)
In third week of July purchase price of black currants did not change and stayed at level 0.56 – 0.62 EUR/kg. Purchase of late varieties (e.g. Ben Adler) started.As regards purchase prices of

Protests of Polish fruit producers
Both television and trade electronic media more and more often inform about the situation of Polish fruit producers. On Saturday, July 12th media reported about the protest of fruit producers in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (07 – 13.07.08)
In the second week of July purchase price of black currants practically did not change, and even, in some regions of the country they decreased. In the end of last week price was 0,55 – 0.61

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

Purchase of sour cherries – low prices
The purchase of sour cherries for processing have been lasting for a few days and quantity of bought sour cherries is slowly rising. However purchase prices are keeping steady and nothing shows

Sour cherries – difficult season for producers
First purchase price of cherries for processing are not encouraging for producers. In podkarpackie province price of early varieties of sour cherries for deep-freezing are very low (about 0.34 –

Purchase of sour cherries
One foresee that this year crops of sour cherries shall be high. According to the forecast the crops shall be at the level of 175 thousand tons i.e. 60% more than last year. Last year price of

Polish sour cherries popular in Russia
Major part of Polish sour cherries are sold to the Eastern markets, mainly to Russia. In spite of bad crops in 2007 volumes of exported deep-freezing sour cherries (61 thousand tons) were only