Poland overtakes China as world's top apple exporter
“During the 2012/2013 season, apple exports amounted to 1.2 million tonnes, reaching the value of 438 million Euro,” he noted. A third of Poland's apple production now goes towards exports,

Russia: stonefruit production may halve in some regions of Krasnodar Krai due to cold spell
At the same time, the Press Service of Ministry of Agriculture and Processing Industry of Krasnodar Krai says of no significant decrease expected in production of plums, sour and sweet cherries,

Poland: Golden Delicious stocks stable
According to WAPA data, Polish Golden Delicious stocks totaled 110,000 tons on February 1, 2014, about a third of total production of those apples in Poland in 2013. We would remind you that

Poland: Gala stocks twice as high as last year
As of February 01, 2014, Gala stocks totaled 70,000 tons in the country, while in the same period of the previous season they had amounted to just 35,000 tons. Such a sharp year-on-year difference

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

Fruit Logistica 2013 in Berlin
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Why do the West buys from us apples?
This year Poland in terms of apple production is dominated by European countries, which is why this type of licks are not possible. However, there is nothing in the way this situation was

Fruit crops in 2010
According to the latest data of Polish Central Statistic Office (GUS) production of apples in 2010 amounted to 1,859 million tonnes i.e. by 29,2 % less than in 2009. Production of pears was 58

Poland apple production down
Rajpol are one of the largest producer groups in Poland. The company has 70 members who produce fruit in an area of over 800 hectares. Every year they harvest over 18,000 tons of apples, 700 tons

Prices of apples
Prices of apples for processing reached the level of 0.70 PLN (0.177 euro)/kg. Such price was very expected by producers. The lowest price of industrial apples is in wielkopolskie province –

Stable prices of apples
Since the decrease last month, prices of apples have remained stable. Prices of Idared as well as red varieties like Jonagored, Gloster, Shampion, Elise or Alwa are at the same level. In the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (31.05.2010-04.06.2010) - fruit
Last week purchase prices of apples was stable at the low level. In the production area near Grójec the price of Idared 70 + was 0.60 PLN (0.145 €)/kg and in some trading companies the purchase

Prices of fruit in Moscow
In the first half of the last week, on the Moscow market it was noted a drop in prices for avocados from South Africa. Reduction in production was mainly due to increased supplies of the product

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (2.05-9.05.2010) – fruit
Last week prices of apples was stable and trading companies were purchasing apples of all varieties. At the end of the week one could see lower demand for Idared. As a result the price of Idared

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (2.05-9.05.2010) – fruit
Last week prices of apples was stable. Trading companies were purchasing apples of all varieties but Idared was in the biggest demand. In the production area near Grójec and Warka, and also

Moscow: an analysis of prices freshmarket.ru (12.04. - 18.04.2010)
At the Moscow fresh market of vegetables and fruits at the beginning of a test week, because of increased supply, decreased slightly the price of avocados. Earlier experts noted that the main

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15.03-21.03.2010) - fruit
Prices of apples, after significant decrease in previous weeks, remained at relatively low level last week. However, comparing the current situation to that which took place two weeks ago, when

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (22.02 – 28.02.2010)
Last week one could observe many changes on the apples market. In one production area prices decreased while in another area increased. Generally trade companies purchased considerably less apples

Poland: phenomenon of Idared
Idared is ideal apples variety as regards transport condition. Apples of this variety are resistant to bruising, cold and long journeys, and at the same time are quite tasty and nicely

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
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: 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 (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

Poland: situation on apples market
Between July 2008 and February 2009 Poland exported about 410 thousand tons of apples. 150 thousand tons were sent to Ukraine and 107 thousand tons to Russia. The high export volume is