Poland: lower export of apples to Russia
Last days one could observe lower export of Polish apples to Russia due to the high customs duty. Although prices of apples of early varieties Paula Red and Delikates dropped to the level 0.60 PLN

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (31.08-06.09.2009)
At the beginning of September downward trend in prices of apples which one could already observe at the end of August, was even stronger. Prices of eating apples are dropping due to lower export

Poland: lower export of apples
The second half of August brought lower export of apples to Russia. The smaller demand for Polish apples on the Russian market influenced the prices of apples of early varieties. The price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Poland: export of apples – stable prices
New season has just only started, but Polish apples of early varieties are also in demand on foreign markets. Prices of apples intended for export are stable. Price of Paula Red and Delikates 7

Poland: upward trend in tomatoes prices
Price of B tomatoes increased already to 13 – 14 PLN (3.17-3.41 euro)/carton of 6 kg and price of BB tomatoes to 15 – 16 PLN (3.66-3.90 euro)/carton. Although the export of tomatoes is small

Poland: prices of celeriac
In mazowieckie province the purchase price of washed celeriac intended for export is 1.50-1.60 PLN (0.36-0.39 euro)/kg. the purchase price of celeriac for domestic retail market are similar - 1.50

Poland: prices of leeks
In mazowieckie province the purchase price of leeks intended for export is 1.80 - 1.90 PLN (0.44-0.46 euro)/kg. In podlaskie province the purchase prices are higher by 0.10 - 0.25 PLN (0.02-0.06

Poland: stable prices of aubergines
In mazowieckie province the purchase prices of aubergines intended for export are stable for two weeks. Their current price is about 3 PLN (0.73 euro)/kg (minimum diameter 40 mm, packed into 10 kg

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

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

Russia needs Polish apples
A supply of apples of early varieties Paula Red and Delicates is growing. On the Russian market the demand for Polish apples is also increasing but export is not as high as it could be. Price of

Poland: growing supply of early varieties apples
The end of the first decade of August brought the increase in the supply of apples of varieties of Paula red and Delikates on the domestic market, but also apples intended for export. On Monday,

Poland: poor quality of Chinese cabbage
The quality of Chinese cabbage is poor due to adverse weather conditions. Too much rain causes that the cabbage is easily rotting. Such situation resulted in lower export of Chinese cabbage.

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

Lower demand for Polish Chinese cabbage on Russian market
On the Russian market one can observe clear decrease in demand for Polish Chinese cabbage Despite stable and low price the demand is much lower than a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, August 4 the

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.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (20-26.07.2009)
The third decade of July brought next decrease in purchase prices sour cherries. At the end of last week in surroundings of Sandomierz the purchase price of sour cherries for freezing was only

Poland: high supply of cherries
Prices of cherries low since the beginning of the season, now additionally are decreasing because of very high supply of these fruits. The export prices dropped to the level 2.00 – 4.00 PLN

Poland: good crops of apricots, low prices
This year crops of apricots are very good but it resulted in big supply of these fruits on the market and quick decrease in their prices. On Monday, July 20 the price of apricots of good quality

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit

Poland: export prices of sour cherries
As we already informed, the purchase prices of industrial sour cherries for freezing further decreased from about 1.00 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg to about 0.80 PLN (0.19 euro)/kg. Prices of dessert sour

Poland: difficult export of cherries
We already wrote about problems with this year's export of cherries. Due to adverse weather conditions it’s difficult to find good quality cherries which could be chilled and transported. So

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (06-12.07.2009)
The harvest of strawberries is ending, at the moment the strawberries are being picked in the north-western part of Poland. Last week one could observe the decreasing supply of strawberries what

Poland: export of frozen strawberries
According to the Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in the period between January and April 2009 Poland exported 32 thousand t of frozen strawberries i.e. by 35 % more than