Poland: processing plants are waiting for spinach
Many processing plants are finishing the purchase of root vegetables and brassicas and they are preparing for the purchase of spinach. Last year the purchase of spinach in processing plants was

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

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

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (09-15.03.2009)
In the second week of March, on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables, one could observe similar trends as at the beginning of the month. As regards the export of apples it was stable prices at

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

Increase in prices of sweet peppers on Polish market
On Monday, 2 March the price of sweet peppers imported from Spain was by few % higher than last week and reached the level of 37 PLN (euro)/5 kg box. Moreover the prices are higher than at the

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (16-22.02.2009)
In the third week of February one could observe slight decrease in prices of red apples intended for export. Price of apples 70 +, in cardboard boxes was from 0.70 PLN (0.15 euro)/kg, the price of

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

Prices of imported vegetables
On Monady, 16 February on the wholesale market in Bronisze prices of imported vegetables were slightly lower than at the end of last week. Only the price of red sweet pepper from Spain remained

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

Weakness of the zloty influence the import
On the wholesale markets prices of imported fruit and vegetables started growing as a result of weakening zloty against the dollar and the euro. On the wholesale market in Poznań prices of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (02-08.02.2009)
The beginning of February didn't bring the winter to Poland. At the end of the first week of February the weather is rather like in early spring. Such weather influences the market of domestic

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (26.01-01.02.2009)
The last week of January passed. Average prices both apples and domestic vegetables remained rather stable. Fluctuation in prices was minimal (1-3 %) and resulted from changing lower or upper

Growing interest in Chinese cabbages
At the moment Russian recipients are strongly interested in Polish Chinese cabbage. Price of cabbages is slowly going up. On Monday, 26th January the minimum price of Chinese cabbage without the

Growing price of broccoli
In the winter the Polish market of broccoli is dominated by Spanish ones. For a few weeks one can observe an upward trend in prices of these vegetables. On Wednesday, 28th January price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (19-25.01.2009)
In mazowieckie province the prices (in Polish zloty) of apples, both industrial and eating, didn't change. The purchase price of industrial apples was 0.10 – 0.12 PLN (0.023-0.027 euro)/kg.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (12-18.01.2009)
The Orthodox holidays passed and the export of apples to the East speeded up but the price didn’t change. The average price of red apples size 7 + was 0.85 PLN (0.20 euro)/kg with packaging.

Chicory on the market
Chicory is especially popular in the winter and spring periods before the early vegetables appear on the market. On the wholesale markets in Białystok and Elbląg the price of domestic chicory

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

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

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.