Poland: in January lower export of cucumbers
According to data of the Analytical Centre of Customs Administration in January 2009 export volume of fresh vegetables decreased by 40 % to 23.4 thousand t and its value by 44 % to 7.5 million

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

Poland: Golden Delicious and Mutsu are still at the highest prices
Importers from Russia and Ukraine are still looking for apples Golden Delicious and Mutsu. The prices of these varieties are much higher than prices of other varieties. On Friday, 13 March the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (02-08.03.2009)
In the first week of March prices of both domestic vegetables and imported fruit and vegetables were changing. The prices of most products increased. On the contrary the prices of apples intended

Ukraine: customs duty on apples rises
Since Friday, 6 March Ukraine raises the customs duty on apples. The duty will be at level 13%, but in April a next rise is expected. It will result in worsening the profitability of the export

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (23.02-01.03.2009)
At the end of February one could observe some increase in the export of apples to the east and increase in prices of the majority of imported fruit and vegetables. Prices of domestic vegetables

Apples – increase in demand on eastern markets
Last days one could observe that the eastern recipients were more interested in Polish apples and the volume of export to Ukraine and Russia is increasing. However it concerns only three

Will the export to the eastern countries increase in the spring?
All exporters are wondering if the export to the east will increase. Every year at the end of the winter the sales of fruit and vegetables to Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic States used to

Low onion and cabbage prices in Poland
Growers from Sandomierz area complain on low prices and blame imports. Farmers claim the good crop and cheap cabbage and onion from Ukraine and Moldova forced them to sell below the production

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (09-15.02.2009)
The second week of February didn't bring the significant changes in prices of fruit and vegetables. In spite of the further depreciation of zloty it didn’t considerably influence prices of

Export of apples
At the moment in the area of Grójec the export of apples to Russia is at the low level. The prices didn’t change considerably. On Monday, 9 February the price of Idared, 70 + was mainly 0.60

Apples: will prices increase?
On the south-east of Poland, already on Sunday it was possible to meet the buyers from Ukraine who offered 0.70 PLN/kg for apples of red varieties and Idared 70 + (price without packaging). Is it

Overview of Poland's Booming Food Processing Sector
6 Jan - The food processing and catering industries in Poland are increasingly interested in importing processed fruits and vegetables and baking ingredients such as baking mixes and fats. There

Prices of peeled onion slightly decreased
The purchase prices of peeled onion in processing plants and cold stores slightly decreased this week. According to traders it is a result of smaller demand for peeled onion from foreign

Export to Russia still difficult
In spite of lifting the ban on the import of Polish plant products to Russia, the export to Russian market is still difficult. Russian phytosanitary requirements are more restrictive than UE

Prices of Golden Delicious
At the moment Golden Delicious is the most popular variety on Polish market. Wholesale prices of Golden can be even twice higher than prices of different varieties. There is big demand for

Prices of watermelons
On Tuesday, September 16th the minimum price of watermelons was at level of 0.24- 0.26 EUR/kg. It was the price of watermelons imported from Ukraine available on the wholesale markets in Bronisze,

Prices of watermelons
On Wednesday, September 10th on the wholesale market in Bronisze watermelons imported from Ukraine was the cheapest and their price was 0.23 EUR/kg. Watermelons from Italy are of better quality

Prices of watermelons
Watermelons available on the market have much diversified prices. Price of good quality watermelons from Italy 0.27 EUR/kg. Watermelons from Macedonia or Ukraine cost 0.21 EUR/kg. Now it is

Ukraine needs Polish products
Floods in Ukraine and reducing the production of potatoes will cause increased imported needs, particularly from Poland. So far potatoes weren't a main product which was exported from Poland to

High demand for pears
In the area of Grójec price of pears (variety Faworytka, 1st class, in boxes of 20 kg) intended for export to the eastern countries is 0.66 – 0.75 EUR/kg. The demand for pears is high, but

Processing plants pay less for bilberries
Last year purchase prices of bilberries were very high and average purchase price was at level of 2.93 EUR/kg. This year price is lower and last week price of bilberries delivered to the plant was

Will casual labour from Ukraine come to Poland?
Last season for picking strawberries Polish producers paid 0.30 – 0.44 EUR/chip basket. On the well cultivated plantation, working 10-12 hours a day worker could get even 53 EUR. In Ukraine

Lower demand for domestic leeks
Preliminary data prepared by CAAC shows drop in export level of domestic leeks in January and February 2008. In those months 89 tons of leeks valued at 45 thousand EUR were exported. It was