Poland: Increasing demand for oyster mushroom
There are more and more buyers interested in oyster mushrooms. Polish consumers become convinced of their quality. Demand is so high that producers don't have problems with sale. Taking into

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

Poland: carrot prices continue to fall
For the present, high-quality carrots are offered at 0.16-0.18 euro/kg, while a week ago prices had reached 0.21 euro/kg. Carrot growers connect a fall in prices with strong competition with

Very cheap cauliflowers
Situation on the cauliflower market isn't good for producers. Very good and warm weather caused is a reason of high volume of vegetables on the market. Supply is much higher than demand and it

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

Poland: significant decrease in prices of Gala apples compared with last week
In particular, on March 17th, Gala apples (size 65+) were offered at 0.29-0.36 euro/kg, a decrease of 20% compared with the previous week, when maximum prices had reached 0.45 euro/kg. At the same

Poland pays highest prices for Spanish cucumbers
The five largest importers were Germany, with 210,660 tonnes at 0.81 Euro/kilo; the Netherlands, 76,450 tonnes at 0.85 Euro/kilo; the UK, 58,370 tonnes at 0.84 Euro/kilo; France, 40,420 tonnes at

Import influences prices of Polish carrot
In the middle of February prices of carrot imported from Holland influenced on Polish ones. Despite the fact that export prices of carrot in Holland are at the level of 0.21 EUR/kg  (0.89

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

Cheaper Gala apples
Variety Idared is cheaper at 0.30 PLN per kg. Prices of other red varieties of apples dropped at 0.30 - 0.40 PLN per kg and Goled Delicious cost 0.40 PLN per kg less. Downward tendency concerns

Leeks cheap as never before
There are no changes in prices of leeks on the Polish market. It concerns Polish vegetables and imported from Holland and Belgium. Polish, good quality leeks cost 1.60 - 1.80 PLN/kg. Prices were

Poland: High volume of raspberries
Quite low prices encourage all to trade in raspberries - individual entrepreneurs. Retail chains import large volume of those fruits. Currently most of raspberries come from Spain, Morocco and

Cheaper nectarines from South Africa
This is not the best season for those who deal in stone fruits from South Africa. Weather and low crops cause that importers have problems. They don't want to sell peaches or nectarines. Those

Russian retail chains buy less apples
Situation in Russia is getting worse for producers and exporters of apples. In last two weeks the numer of orders has decreased significantly. Also Russian retail chains as Magnit have limited

Ukraine: glasshouse cucumbers more expensive
Analytics from "APK-Inform: fruits and vegetables" say increase in prices has some reasons. First of all they have risen to the level of Turkish producers prices who are main suppliers of

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

No place for imported leeks
Leeks imported from Belgium and Holland are expensive in relation to Polish ones. Situation will change as soon as cold winter come. The weather in Poland is warm and Polish leeks are of good

Ukraine: prices of dessert apples
Purchase prices of dessert apples remain at the stable level of 0.18 - 0.50 EUR/kg. In the same period of 2012 prices didn't drop under 0.27 EUR/kg. The reason of high prices is low demand for

Rising prices of cauliflowers
Polish cauliflowers almost dissapeared from the wholesale markets. Last batch of vegetables are being sold at 2.50 PLN/ piece. In small wholesale, season will last a bit longer. Prices are diverse

Successive price drop of industrial apples
This year prices of industrial apples are falling down and it seems to be endless. From the beginning of November prices of apples dropped at 0.10 PLN/ kg what gives the decrease at the level of

Chinese cabbage - it is getting better
Each year in Autum Chinese cabbage is cheap and there are not many purchasers interested in this vegetable. It is a difficult and stressful time for producers. It is known that prices will rise

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

Very high prices of Spanish broccoli
We have bad news for all prefering Polish broccoli. There are last vegetables on the market. Due to this prices are rising day by day. Currently they cost 2.10 - 2.80 / piece (foiled, in caron).

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

Poor demand for radish
Very good weather conditions caused that season for radish got longer than normally. Demand for radish isn't very high but Polish producers are in a better situation than importers. Poor demand