Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (25-31.05.2009)
The prices of the majority of fruit and vegetables were decreasing last week. However the cold weather and rainfalls in the end of the week stopped the decrease in prices of some products e.g.

Poland: decrease in prices of carrot and beets
Following the prices of imported carrot, which have decreased recently, the prices of domestic carrot also went down. On Wednesday, may 27 the price of washed carrot, class I was from 2.00 to

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18-24.05.2009)
In the third week of May prices of apples intended for export remained stable. The average price of red varieties 70 + (including cartons) was 1.70 PLN (0.39 euro)/kg; the average price of Idared

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (11-17.05.2009)
In the second week of May the prices of export apples was slightly changed. Average price of red varieties 70 + (including cartons) was on the level 1.70 PLN/kg; the price of Idared was a little

Poland: increase in prices of carrot at the end of the season
At the end of the season the price of last year carrot are increasing. This week in southern Poland (małopolskie province) the purchase price of carrot was 2.80 PLN (0.62 euro)/kg i.e. by 0.30

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (04-10.05.2009)
Last week prices of the majority of vegetables was much fluctuated and prices of apples intended for export were still increasing. It was growth by about 10 % week-on-week. The demand for apples

Poland: prices of early carrot
At the moment only imported early carrot is available on the Polish market. In the centre of Poland a lot of early carrot as well as early cabbage comes from Macedonia. On Thursday, May 7 on the

Still high demand for Polish carrot
The washed Polish carrot is still in big interest of foreign recipients. Of course it concerns only the carrot of very good quality. High demand for carrot results in relatively high prices at

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.04-03.05.2009)
During the last days of April on fruit and vegetable markets one could observe recent trends The important factor influences prices is the weather. Warm and sunny days have returned recently and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (20-26.04.2009)
Last week the upward trend in prices of apples was continued. The price of Idared 70 +, in cartons was to 1.50 PLN (0.33 euro)/kg. The price of other red varieties 70 + was about 1.35 PLN (0.30

Poland – big producer of carrot
With the average harvests of carrot at the level about 900 thousand tons, Poland is the largest producer of this vegetable in the EU, followed by Great Britain, France, Germany and the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (14-19.04.2009)
The week after Easter started with low movement on the fruit and vegetable markets. Turnover was low and prices were stable. However at the end of the week the movement was bigger and the

Poland: import of carrot
This year in the spring the shortage of domestic carrot is supplemented with imported carrot. In January 2009 the import of carrot amounted to 1.5 thousand t at value 402 thousand euro.According

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (06-12.04.2009)
Before the Easter the price situation on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables was influenced, similarly as during the previous week, by decreasing supply of domestic last year’s crop

Poland: growing prices of carrot
As we have already informed the supply of Polish carrot i slow and its price is still growing. It also resulted in increasing prices of carrot imported from the Netherlands. On Wednesday, 1

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (30.03-05.04.2009)
As regards price situation last week didn’t bring any surprises on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables. The most important factors which had the impact on prices of fruit and vegetables

Poland: the lack of domestic carrot
In łódzkie province the supply of carrot is so low that a lot of companies purchasing this vegetable don’t even increase the prices because there is no carrot to purchase. On Tuesday, 31

Prices of carrot increased again
At the beginning of the his week price of carrots increased. On Monday, 30 March the price of carrot of very good quality was 2 PLN (0.42 euro)/kg. The highest price carrot reached in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (23-29.03.2009)
The recent week of March didn't bring big changes in prices on fruit and vegetable markets. Before coming Easter one can observe the positive movement on the market. However it hasn’t result in

Poland: fluctuating prices of carrot
At the end of last week in the centre of Poland the price of carrot increased to 2 PLN (0.44 euro)/kg. It was a short-lived increase and on Monday, 23 March the prices came back to level of the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (16-22.03.2009)
The most essential information from fresh fruit and vegetables market is a rise in prices of apples intended for export as well as growing prices of some domestic vegetables caused by their

High prices of carrot for processing
The purchase prices of the carrot for processing (for cubes) are much higher than in 2008. At the moment the average purchase price in processing plants is 0.48 PLN (0.11 euro)/kg. In

Increase in prices of root vegetables
In March the prices of the majority of root vegetables increased as a result of insufficient supply of these vegetables intended both for domestic market as well as for export. At the beginning

Poland: export of carrot twice higher in 2008
We have recently written about bigger by about 40 % import of carrot to Poland. However the growth of export was even greater. According to preliminary data of Analytical Centre of Customs

The price of Dutch carrot will grow
On Tuesday, 17 March the prices of carrot imported from the Netherlands were at the level 1.40 – 1.60 PLN (0.31-0.36 euro)/kg for washed carrot of 1st class and 1.25 – 1.30 PLN (0.28-0.29