Lower export of frozen strawberries
According to preliminary data on export in 2008 Poland exported 85.6 thousand t of frozen strawberries at value 116 million euro. As compared to 2007 the export volume decreased by about 17 %

Big stock of frozen strawberries
In the current commercial season there is a great risk that a big stock of frozen strawberries will remain till the next season. Big processing plants informed that that stock of frozen

Lower export of frozen strawberries
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) between January and November 2008 Poland exported 74.2 thousand t of frozen strawberries at value 100.9 million euro. It

China is becoming the largest exporter of frozen strawberries
Data on the export in the first half of 2008 shows that China exported 54.6 thousand ton of frozen strawberries. In the same time Mexico sold 53.1 thousand ton and Poland 53 thousand ton. In

Polish strawberries
Trading companies in wielkopolskie province buy domestic strawberries grown under protections. The purchase prices of strawberries intended for the domestic retail market is about 1.62 -1.89

Value of exported deep-frozen strawberries
According to Foreign Agricultural Markets Monitoring Unit (FAMMU/FAPA), this year's value of export of deep-frozen strawberries, in the period January – June, was higher by 10% than last year,

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

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 origin of the product is important for consumers
Results of conducted questionnaire surveys on the all-Polish attempt showed that for more than 40 percent of our citizens it was important that fruit and vegetables which they are buying have

Environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers
According to Polish Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers increases. The method of the Integrated Fruit Production (IPO) is applied

Heavy crop of strawberries of late-summer varieties
On wholesale markets there are large amounts of strawberries of late-summer varieties. In Poznań wholesale prices of strawberries class extra, in containers 2 kg are about 1.20 EUR/kg. In Elbląg

Deep-frozen strawberries: worse results of the sale
The export of deep-frozen strawberries in the period January - April this year amounted to 20.8 thousand tons valued at 29.9 million EUR. In comparison with the previous year one sold about 13

Purchase of wild strawberries
In lubelskie province a purchase of forest wild strawberries lasts. Purchase prices of these fruits delivered to the plant fluctuate from 3.69 to 4.00 EUR/kg. At present supply of forest wild

Late-summer strawberries on the wholesale markets
On wholesale markets late-summer varieties of strawberries are sold (e.g. Selva variety). Prices of these fruits are much higher than of traditional varieties of strawberries. At present in

Caned strawberries
Apart from deep-frozen and cooled strawberries Poland also exports canned strawberries. From 2003 till 2007 sales of these products increased over three times. According to data of CAAC - in

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

Price of dessert strawberries
The hot period of harvest of the most popular varieties of strawberries already passed. Presently on the market there are dessert strawberries of medium late varieties. On Wednesday, July 9th in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Presently harvest of black currants is the most popular topic for fruit industry. Harvest started last week and heavy crops are expected in the second week of July. Starting prices proposed by

Last days of purchase of strawberries for processing
As we informed yesterday purchase of strawberries ended in majority of Poland. However in the north (zachodniopomorskie province) and north east (podlaskie province) purchase will last by the end

Decline in prices of strawberries
Processing plants purchased most of planned quantity of strawberries. Prices have been quite high this season and buyers of deep-frozen strawberries do not accept such high prices. In order not to

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Crops of strawberries is slowly completed in many regions of the country. Because of the drought there is less strawberries of good quality on the market. Therefore price of dessert strawberries

Strawberries prices
Crops of strawberries is slowly completed in many regions of the country. The weather is still not favourable for strawberries. The lack of rain supports the price of good quality strawberries

Decrease of fruit price in 2008?
Purchase price of most fruit in 2008 will probably much decrease in comparison with very high prices of last year. Purchase prices of dessert apples will decrease by 40 % to 0.39 EUR/kg. Prices of

Strawberries prices decrease
Strawberries are getting cheaper, both dessert ones as well as these ones for processing. Purchase price of dessert strawberries decreased from 0.83 last week to 0.79 EUR/kg this week. This week

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Prices of dessert strawberries were relatively stable last week but depending on the quality they ranged from 0,74 to 1,33 EUR/kg. ‘Marmolada’ strawberries of first class were reaching the