White cabbage still expensive
Participants of the market expected price drop of white cabbage after Easter. However deman from vegetables in Russia and Ukrainne is stil high and due to this prices remain stable. On the

Austria - less onion
Onion producers from all European countries can feel satisfied. Sale has started and prices have gone up. In Austria such trend started earlier than in other countries. Sitauation on the

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

Moldova in search of alternative export markets for apples in EU
Moldovan exporters say that the share of the Russian Federation accounts for about 80% of total apple exports from Moldova. Taking that into account, a decrease in Russia's imports may

Russian importers raise imports of Polish apples
Growers say of higher sales rates of Idared variety, while a week ago the demand for those apples was moderate. Polish importers also actively purchase Jonagold, Gloster, Ligol, Golden Delicious,

Challenging but rosy future for soft fruit
Robert Verloop of Naturipe, kicked off with a vision for the future of the softfruit sector and the challenges in the sector. Firstly softfruit should follow the example of Coca Cola with the

Russian apple growers unable to raise prices due to abundant supply of Polish produce
Despite the devaluation of the Russian rouble, prices of Polish apples are just slightly higher than the price levels of domestic sellers. For the present, imported apples are offered at RUB

Spain: Tomato prices on the rise
The most valued by the market is the Daniela, with almost 0.85 Euro/kilo, followed closely by the Green Daniela and pear tomatoes, both standing at around 0.75 Euro/kilo. At the other end of the

Less pineapples on the market
Trade of pineapples is going worse. Importers have just little volume of fruits in offer. Polish importers say that it isn't worth buying pineapples. Prices are getting higher and demand is very

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,

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

Ukrainian fresh produce price index down due to problems with exports to Russia
“A decrease in the fresh produce price index is connected with a sharp fall in prices of greenhouse vegetables, which were registered due to growing outputs and problems with exports to the

Red Globe - lack of fruits on the market
In last days grapes Red Globe from Peru disapeared from offer. They were available in Poland but price increase was suprising - 35% per kg. it can be noticed that this week stituation on the

Stable prices of bananas
Recent situation on the market of bananas could be shocking for buyers. During two weeks prices of fruits have increased at 10% - from 75.00 PLN to 84.00 PLN/ 18 kg carton. This week wholesale

Tomato prices keep on going down
We can expect next season of low prices. Mainly due to last year when supply of tomatoes was low but prices were dropping very fast. To a large reason is was a result of frauds - Belgian

High demand for Polish pears
Most companies stopped selling pears and fruit-growers sold all supplies. The season is coming up to end but there are still some buyers interested in our domestic fruits. Why? In the Western

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Lower demand for red cabbage
Prices of red cabbage are much higher than white. It's not an extraordinary situation but there were years when white cabbage was more expensive. The chart below shows that current season is

Apples from Moldova push Polish fruits from Russian market
During July 2013 - January 2014 period Moldova has exported around 150 000 tons of apples to the domestic fruit market of Russia. This figure is 8% bigger comparing to the previous period

Glasshouse cucumbers are getting cheaper
It can be said that the situation on the cucumber market was "stable" recently. Prices of domestic and Spanish vegetables were dropping every day. The price drop of imported ones was caused by

Cheap citrus fruits
Despite the fact that Christmas is coming prices of citrus fruits are not rising and what is more some importers offer them in a very attractive prices. It is possible because they buy fruits at

Last domestic tomatoes
In the end of season there is decreasing volume of tomatoes on the market. Quality of last domestic vegetables leaves much to be desired. What about prices? In the wholesale price of good quality

More expensive aubergine
Till now they were cheap or even very cheap. It was possible thanks to low prices in Spain (producer of aubergine). Weather was good as well as crops. Demand was limited. As a result prices of

Rising prices of bananas
According to importers expectations tendency of increasing lasts. Till now prices rises were at the level of few percent each week (about 2.00 PLN more for carton). In a previous prices have

Russian vegetable import
In 2012 Russia imported 2.097 mln tones of fresh vegetables. In 2011 it was 2.397 mln tones and in 2010 2.225 mln tones. The most popular imported vegetables remain tomatoes of which Russia