Poor quality of Spanish tomatoes
This season, Spain has big problems with the quality of tomatoes. Despite this the supply of Spanish tomatoes on the Polish market is quite big. Poor quality of tomatoes from Spain influence their

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (04 – 10.01.2010)
Last week the weather was probably one of the most important factors influencing the situation on the wholesale market of fruit and vegetables. Due to frost and snow the trade and transport were

Poland: production of vegetables in 2009
According to preliminary data from Polish Central Statistic Office (GUS) in 2009 the harvest of field vegetables was bigger by about 8.6 % than in 2008. As regards vegetables grown under

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (7 - 13.12.2009)
In the second week of December prices of domestic fruit and vegetables did not change. Exports of apples to Ukraine is not large enough to cause the increase in their prices. The price of red

Moroccan tomatoes the cheapest on Polish market
Imported tomatoes still have to compete with domestic ones. Prices of imported tomatoes do not differ much from the price of Polish tomatoes. On Monday, November 23 on the wholesale market in

Poland: BB tomatoes in the biggest demand
The supply of Polish greenhouse tomatoes is still decreasing and on the contrary the supply of imported tomatoes is bigger every day. However imported tomatoes are by at least 3 - 5 PLN/6 kg more

Poland: prices of imported tomatoes
This year’s season for Polish greenhouse tomatoes is almost finished. First imported tomatoes appeared on the market. On Friday, November 13 on the wholesale market in Bronisze, the price of 6

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (09-15.11.2009)
In the second week of November the prices of apples, both dessert and industrial did not changed. As the export is very low, the prices of apples are also still very low. The producer price for

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18.10-25.10.2009)
Last week prices of most fruit and vegetables remained stable or changed only slightly. This time of the year prices of vegetable change only slightly and bigger changes concern only such

Lower demand for Polish tomatoes
At the end of last week one could observe the slight decrease in prices of greenhouse tomatoes. On Friday, October 23 the price of B size tomatoes was 2.42 PLN (0.58 euro)/kg and the price of BB

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (07-13.09.2009)
The pace of apples harvest is slowly becoming faster but it is still far away to its peak. However the apples prices are already the hot topic. Prices of apples for processing are stable at a

Poland: prices of tomatoes are barrier to the export to Russia
On Monday, August 17 the prices of tomatoes slightly decreased to the previous levels. Price of B tomatoes was 10-11 PLN (2.38-2.62 euro)/carton of 6 kg and the price of BB tomatoes was 12 PLN

Poland: stagnation in export to Russia
A stagnation is a word the best describing the current situation in the export of fresh vegetables to Russia. At the moment on the Russian market there is low demand for vegetables offered by

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.07-02.08.2009)
The end of July, how one could expect, didn't bring an increase in purchase prices of sour cherries. The prices at level 0.50 – 0.60 PLN (0.12-0.14 euro)/kg are catastrophic for fruit farmers.

Poland: import of fresh vegetables in April 2009
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration in April 2009 Poland imported 33.3 thousand t of fresh vegetables at value 28.6 million euro. Compared to April 2008 the volume of

Poland: lower export of vegetables in April 2009
According to preliminary data of the Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in April this year the export of fresh vegetables amounted to 52.7 thousand t, and its value 16.1

Poland: bigger consumption of cauliflowers and broccoli
According to data of Polish Central Statistics Office (GUS) total consumption of vegetables (fresh, frozen and canned) in Poland amounted to 61 kg/person in 2008 and was higher by about 1 % than

Polish tomatoes too expensive for Russian market
Although prices of Polish tomatoes were decreasing for last days, their current prices are too high so they can’t compete against tomatoes from other countries on the Russian market. As a

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15-21.06.2009)
In the third week of June prices of fresh fruit and vegetables didn't change much. Only prices of tomatoes decreased considerably and on the contrary prices of apples increased much. The stocks

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: further decrease in prices of domestic tomatoes
The end of last week brought the further decrease in prices of Polish tomatoes. It was of course the result of growing supply of domestic tomatoes. On Friday, May 22 the price of B size tomatoes

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

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