Poland: unstable prices for grapes
In late March, after a short break, Polish importers again offered Red Globe grapes. However, their origin has changed from Peruvian to Chilean now. Last week, prices of those grapes reached

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

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

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,

Prices of bananas down
Prices of bananas have been rising for almost two months. This week they went down. The drop isn't significant but satisfying. Last week prices decreased in average at 4%. Currently bananas

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: prices of imported berries down
Chilean blueberries have become averagely 11% less expensive over a month and now are offered at 1.67-2.15 euro per 125 grams (13.43-17.27 euro per kg gross). Prices of raspberries, currants and

Polish onion in Ukrainian supermarkets
Furthermore, a week before supermarkets preferred relatively inexpensive onions of Turkish origin, while now they are more interested in purchasing Polish produce. Retail chains connect those

Demand for early cabbage
Early cabbage imported from Italy have been available for a longer time. Prices are not high and we could notice a slight drop. Now it is about 28.00 - 30.00 PLN/ 6kg box. As at the end of March

Poland: Lower prices of broccoli
The lowest level prices reached on 20th of February. In a week following that day broccoli were available on the Polish wholesale market at the price of 1.50 PLN / piece. Supermarkets offered

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

Stable market of melons
Importers say that demand for melons is quite good. This is why it can be said that the situation on the market of melons remain stable. Prices of melons of Galia variety have increased at 7%

Very high prices of bananas Chiquita
For a long time prices of Chiquita bananas have been stable and quite low. However the situation has changed recently. Prices went up and they seem to increase even more. Higher demand for

Chinese cabbage prices up in Ukraine and Poland
In particular, Chinese cabbages are offered at Krymskiy Privoz Wholesale Market (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine) at UAH 7-8/kg (EUR 0.46-0.52/kg), an increase of 14-17% week-on-week. We would remind

Poland: apples of smaller sizes in higher demand
As a result, it will be more difficult for Polish companies to compete with domestic produce in Russia. Taking that into account, Polish exporters now prefer to purchase less expensive apples of

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

Stable situation on the citrus fruits market
Imorters say that prices are possible to change just before Easter. Demand should increase then and prices will go up. However it is not sure. Currently prices of particular citrus fruits remain

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

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 strawberries
Supply of imported strawberries in Poland reached maximum. Fruits are available as bananas or apples. High supply and influenced prices which started stabilizing. Last week prices of

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