Poland: purchase prices of apples intended for export
The purchase prices of apples intended for export are decreasing. The average price 0.64 PLN (0.15 euro)/kg which was noted one week earlier went down by 0.05 PLN/kg (0.01 euro) week-on-week.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (14-20.09.2009)
In the third week of September, the prices of apples are still the hottest topic. The prices of industrial apples hardly changed. The price in processing plants is 0.18 - 0.20 PLN (0.04-0.05

Poland: export of pears
Exports of apples practically stopped, and so far one cannot expect changes. In this situation, the positive fact is that the export of pears is quite good. However it is difficult to compare the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (07-13.09.2009)
The pace of apples harvest is slowly becoming faster but it is still far away to its peak. However the apples prices are already the hot topic. Prices of apples for processing are stable at a

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

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: very low prices of industrial apples
Although the current supply of industrial apples is low, prices are also low due to rather little demand. In mazowieckie province, in the area of big apples production (Grójec) the purchase

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (10-16.08.2009)
The second decade of August started and many fruit growers started worrying about prices of industrial apples. Prices of industrial apples are low – 0.12-0.16 PLN (0.03-0.04 euro)/kg in

Poland: low supply of apples Paula Red
As it was for apples of Early Geneva variety, the supply of apples Paula Red in the area of Grójec isn’t big. The lower supply of apples is a result of adverse weather conditions and

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: forecast on the purchase price of industrial apples
A next part of conflict between fruit farmers and processing industry over the purchase price of industrial apples is gearing up. Polish Association of Juices Producers estimates that the purchase

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

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.

Poland: purchase of industrial apples
The purchase of industrial apples started a week ago. Early varieties of apples with bigger acidity are a valuable element of apple juice concentrate. Purchase prices are stable at the level

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

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: the purchase of early apples
In mazowieckie province exporting companies were buying Early Geneva apples (70 mm+) at price 1.50 PLN (0.35 euro)/kg last week. However in podlaskie province the price of apples intended for

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15-21.06.2009)
In the third week of June prices of fresh fruit and vegetables didn't change much. Only prices of tomatoes decreased considerably and on the contrary prices of apples increased much. The stocks

Poland: the end of export season of Polish apples
Apples stocks in CA are already small. Despite the record crops of apples in 2008 it wasn't difficult to sell apples during passing season. But the price of apples was record low. At the moment,

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (08-14.06.2009)
In the second week of June the weather was still unfavourable for growth of fruit and vegetables. Rains and relatively low temperatures adversely affected the supply and prices first of all

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (01-07.06.2009)
In the first week of June the weather was the most crucial factor having the impact on prices of fruit and vegetables. Long lasting rainfalls and cold weather adversely affected the growth of many