4% decrease in exports of Greek fruits and vegetables in 2014 due to Russia's ban
According to special advisor to the association of Greek exporters of fruits, vegetables and juices Incofruit-Hellas George Polichronakis, a decrease in the value of exports was reported in 2014,

Serbia leads in apple exports to Russia
Serbia has exported 61,700 tons of apples to Russian since the beginning of the season 2014/15, an increase of 70% compared with July-November 2013 and the highest volume over at least the past 5

Ukrainian sweet cherries too expensive for Russia
The situation is connected with relatively high prices of Ukrainian produce. Due to a decrease in the sweet cherry supply provoked by rainy and cloudy weather, Ukrainian growers maintain high

Lower sale of Polish apples
It is still possible that Poland will be a leader in export of apples. This season is first from years when export prices of apples in May and June are lower than in November and

Ukraine's imports of strawberries up in 2013 despite record high production
«Unfortunately, the Ukrainian strawberry production potential is significantly higher than farmers' capacity to find sales channels for their produce», says Ms. Tetiana Getman, Head

Spanish export of strawberries
Last year Spanish producers exported 266,5 thousand tons of strawberries. In 2012 it was 287,9 thousand tons. Of course, the main importers of Spanish fruits are countries from European Union

Ukraine's imports of strawberries up in 2013 despite record high production
«Unfortunately, the Ukrainian strawberry production potential is significantly higher than farmers' capacity to find sales channels for their produce», says Ms. Tetiana Getman, Head

Ukraine: Alternative fuel sources presented to decrease price of veggies
According to the official, high prices of Ukrainian vegetables are directly related to energy prices. "A solution to the problem is a loan program for transition to alternative energy sources of

Worsening situation
Deamnd for apples is getting lower, quality is getting poorer and Roubel is still in bad conditio. What is more, early Spring caused that supply of seasonal fruits in Europe is increasing. These

Poland: Demand for quality export apples increased
The purchased volumes of Idared apples are also growing, while demand for these apples up until early April was quite stable. Nevertheless, Idared apple prices are lower than those of other

Difficult situation on the apple market
Demand for apples is getting more and more diverse. Demand is still quite high but but not as high as before May 1st. Some of red varities ssuch as Gloster, Ligol, Champion are still

Asparagus already on the market
Before Easter bunch of asparagus cost dozen zlotys'. Now prices dropped significantly due to a good weather and crops. Season is starting now. Dieticians are encouraging to eating asparagus. Ten

Golden Delicious going well
Cheap Polish apples are an alternative for a bit poorer Russians (due to unfavourable exchange rate of Rouble). The situation on the Golden Delicious market confirms that. Normally, producers have

Production of export-quality sweet cherries in Ukraine
The master-class will be held by Mr. Adri Streef, international expert from the Netherlands. The presentation will include the issues of high-quality sweet cherry production technological moments

Rising export prices of apples
Since the beginning of April number of exported fruits is getting higher. Increasing demand caused price rise. They are not as high as producers could expect but much higher than in March. As an

Berries of Ukraine Conference moves to Vinnytsia!
Last year’s edition was successfully held in Mykolaiv and gathered record high number of participants. For the year 2014, the organizers decided to hold the conference in another large berry

Export of pears ends
Season of export ended. Export companies were trying to buy fruits on the turn of March and April but with no result. The supply is low and those who have any stock want to sell fruits on the

Spain: First melons on the market
April is the beginning of melons season. First fruits are already on the market. The earliest variety is Galia which is one of most popular in Europe. Melons are grown in Almeria. Good weather

More active exports provoke jump in white cabbage prices in Poland
Last week Polish farmers said of lack of a seasonal increase in white cabbage prices due to low demand in the internal market and externally. Before the weekend they were ready to sell white

Russia: lower demand for Moldovan apples
 Due to that, Moldovan farmers have not managed to raise export prices of apples yet, despite closer end of the season. “Apple exports to Russia are not high for the present. Furthermore,

Polish apple market on the verge of supply glut
“Those growers that managed to finish their apple sales campaign before the start of 2014 or in early January (before Maidan events) can consider themselves rather lucky”, Polish producers

Lots of Spanish strawberries on the Polish market
Polish producers are afraid of crops due to the weather. Spanish ones have problems with a bumper harvest. Exceptionally good weather conditions in Spain are the reason of very high supply of

Poland: export of chinese cabbage
Of course Polish Chinese cabbage is imported to the Western Europe but current situation is quite specific. Supply of Chinese cabbage in Holland is low. This is why Dutch importers buy Polish one

Export going to be better
Currently situation on the market is as good as at the turn of January and March when demand was high as well as prices. Conflict between Russian Federation and EU last but traders

Demand for Chinese cabbage starts to go up in Poland
Due to low export rates and enough amount of this kind of vegetables on the domestic market of Poland, prices for Chinese cabbage remain quite stable since February 2014. This week Russian