Apple Exports 2020/2021 from Poland (until March)
March turned out to be a very good month for Polish apple exports, according to the latest CSO data.   The cumulative volume of apple exports in the 2020/2021 season (from July 2020 to

First homegrown broccoli in the Polish market
The serious trading season for domestic broccoli is still ahead of us. It usually starts at the beginning of June at the large wholesalers. By then, the supply of Polish broccoli is already

Limited supply of carrots in the Polish market
The supply of carrots from the 2020 harvest is already limited, and stocks of carrots of decent quality are already low. The situation cannot be fundamentally improved by the import of Dutch

On the Polish market lemons are mainly from Turkey
A year ago, May brought stability to the wholesale lemon market. The calmness came after a hectic period in March and April when, under the influence of panicky "covid" moods, the demand

Small revival in celery trading in Poland
After a long period of stagnation, last week finally brought a change on the wholesale market for fresh celery in Poland. This is part of a wider phenomenon - a revival on the root vegetable and

Turkish grapefruit season is at the end in Poland
The market of imported citrus fruit has entered a transition period between the season of the European offer (which includes imports from Turkey) and the season of imports of these fruits from the

Idared at 6 PLN per kilo in Poland?
Idared is a Polish speciality, for years produced with the Russian market in mind. Since 2014, since the embargo was introduced by Russia, the trade of this variety has been very difficult. The

Will fruits be expensive in Poland this year?
Although the weather this spring has been highly capricious, the passage of time cannot be stopped and vegetation, albeit slowed down, is progressing. Especially as this year there is at least no

Will there be demand for new potatoes in Poland?
The 2020/2021 season was one of the worst on the Polish potato market in recent years. In the chart below we compare it with the previous twelve seasons - in just three of them prices at the

Few imported blueberries in the Polish Market
This spring, Polish blueberry lovers do not have it easy. The availability of imported blueberries remains limited, which translates into their prices. Before the Spanish export campaign started

What prices for Golden Delicious apples in the Polish market ?
WAPA data (apple stocks on 1 April 2021) confirmed that March was a very good month for the apple trade, including the Golden variety. In the EU (plus Switzerland and the UK), stocks of the

The domestic cauliflower season has started in Poland
The first cauliflowers of the season from domestic cultivation in Poland  have arrived at small wholesalers. This is later than last year, which is understandable given how capricious this

Still not much of young Chinese cabbage in Poland
The trading season for Chinese cabbage from the 2020 harvest is already in its final phase. In fact, it can be said that it is already finished in the large wholesalers. Because there is very

WAPA - pear stocks, April 2021.
WAPA has published an updated estimate of pear stocks. As for the European Union countries (plus Switzerland), stocks of this fruit, as of 1 April 2021, amounted to 273,473 tonnes. The vast

Wide choice of imported strawberries in the Polish market
Spain's strawberry picking season last week surpassed 78 percent of this year's planned strawberry harvest. The current supply of strawberries on the local market is already clearly

WAPA - Apple stocks, April 2021
WAPA estimates that apple stocks as of 1.04.2021 in the EU countries surveyed amounted to 1,922,817 tonnes (excluding Portugal). Recall that stocks on 1.03.2021 were estimated at 2,700,020 tonnes.

Dynamic end of April for cabbage prices in Poland
The weather has strongly affected the trading of vegetables on the Polish wholesale market. This is especially true for white cabbage. Back in March there was some movement in the wholesale prices

Cherries have blossomed in Poland, let's hope the weather will be good
It took just a dozen or so hours of warmer, sunny weather for nature to speed up and make up for some of the delayed vegetation. This can be seen in the cherry orchards, which have been covered

Apple prices have not risen in Poland, but...
April saw no increase in apple prices on the Polish wholesale market. Not only on the Polish market, but also in Ukraine and Moldavia. The recent frosts, which damaged fruit crops in Europe, have

Agro-food export increased in 2020 in Poland
According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the year 2020 brought an increase in the value of Polish agri-food export from EUR 31.8 billion to EUR 34.0 billion, i.e. by 7 per cent. It is

Rising demand for beetroot on the Polish market
April brought the first improvement in demand for beet in a long time. However, this did not translate into improved prices until this week. It was only in the last few days that prices for this

Polish orchards also were frozen
This spring has been exceptionally unfavourable for fruit growers, but so far the heavy frosts have avoided Poland. Until this week. After the waves of low temperatures, which caused considerable

Blueberries in Poland - the opposite trend than in Spain
Since mid-March, there has been an upward trend in the prices of imported highbush blueberries in the Polish small wholesalers. This is due to both the limited supply of this fruit - the harvest

Production of frozen mixes and juices in Poland in 2021 (after Q1)
We analyse Central Statistical Office data for the period January-March 2021 and the production of frozen fruit and vegetables and fruit juices, as well as vegetable pickles. In this period we can

Lemons - prices are still relatively low on the Polish market
The current situation on the Polish wholesale market for fresh fruit is markedly different, as far as the lemon trade is concerned, from that usually observed at this time of the year. Indeed, a