Production of Polish apples
The average annual yield of apples in Poland amounts to 2-2.4 million ton, including 1.9-2.2 million ton in orchards producing apples for selling. At average harvests of 2.3 million ton (in 2008

Low quality of fruit – low competitiveness
On the Polish market a share of domestic fruit of the low-quality is still too high. One can assessed that 500-600 thousand ton of fruit, i.e. only 16-19 % of total amount of fruit meet the high

The president of KUPS: 0.28 zloty/kg for industrial apples is too high price
The President of The Polish Association of Juices Producers, Julian Pawlak, informed on a press conference that the purchase price (0.28 zloty/kg i.e. about 0.083 EUR/kg) of industrial apples

The origin of the product is important for consumers
Results of conducted questionnaire surveys on the all-Polish attempt showed that for more than 40 percent of our citizens it was important that fruit and vegetables which they are buying have

First reactions of fruit growers to the agreement on prices of apples for processing
Disappointment. This way most briefly one can describe reactions of apples producers to the news, that The Association of Polish Fruit - Growers and representatives of a few processing plants

FH Ceres – the next exhibitor of the conference Fresh Market 2008
The circle of exhibitors of the conference Fresh Market 2008 was enlarged by the company FH Ceres. This company has been acting on the Polish market from 2002. FH Ceres offers fresh and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (1-7.09.08)
In the first week of September on the market of fruit and vegetables there weren’t the significant fluctuations in prices. A turning point in the dispute over purchase prices of apples for

Environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers
According to Polish Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture environment-friendly attitude of Polish fruit growers increases. The method of the Integrated Fruit Production (IPO) is applied

Next talks about prices of apples for processing
The Association of Polish Fruit-Growers informed that they are ready to continue talks with producers of juices as regards prices of apples for processing. Will they reach an agreement this

Walnuts instead of apples?
This year's low prices of apples cause that many fruit growers are going to change of type of cultivations. Some fruit growers decided to clear the orchards of apple trees and planting trees of

Two low consumption of apples in Poland
Consumption of apples in Poland, even though quite high (about 20 kg/person), is much lower than e.g. in Germany (25-30 kg/person) or in the Netherlands (about 35 kg/person). For reaching the

Market of Polish style pickles
Wholesale net price of sour cucumbers (Polish style pickled cucumbers) of size 6 - 9 cm, packed into barrels of 120 l (containing 90 kg of cucumbers) is 1.24 EUR/kg, and price of cucumbers packed

Polish raspberries on German market
On the wholesale markets in Germany price of Polish raspberries in 250g containers is 7.60 euro/kg and price of German raspberries (in containers of 250 g) is 12.00 euro/kg. Prices of Polish

Hungary: problems with apples for processing
Not only Polish producers have every year problems with purchase prices of apples for processing. Producers of apples in Hungary appealed to the government to take action to improve their

Polish tomatoes on German market
Tomatoes imported from Poland are being sold on markets in Hamburg, Berlin and in Munich. Price of tomatoes in boxes of 6 kg, size 57-67 mm is 0.41-0.58 EUR/kg on these three wholesale markets.

Ukraine needs Polish products
Floods in Ukraine and reducing the production of potatoes will cause increased imported needs, particularly from Poland. So far potatoes weren't a main product which was exported from Poland to

No agreement on purchase price of apples
On the Monday meeting in the Ministry of Agriculture fruit growers didn't come to the agreement with processing plants. There was no agreement on the purchase price of apples for processing.

Polish tomatoes on German wholesale markets
On the wholesale market in Berlin price of Polish tomatoes size 57-67 mm (class I, in 6 kg boxes) is 0.58 EUR/kg. Price of Belgian tomatoes of the same size, class and packaging is 0.92 EUR/kg. In

Export of Polish horticulture products
In first quarter of 2008 export of Polish horticulture products to EU amounted to 427.8 thousand ton, including 60.5 thousand ton of fresh fruit, 127.4 thousand ton of fresh vegetables, 114.5

Very low prices of tomatoes
On Tuesday, August 12th one could buy domestic greenhouse tomatoes at wholesale price 0.30 EUR/kg. Even though at the moment many domestic tomatoes are available on the market, it is hard to say

Prices of watermelons
On Monday, August 11th prices of the cheapest watermelons on the Polish market, imported from Hungary and Macedonia increased. On the wholesale market in Bronisze wholesale price of these

Polish potatoes too expensive for Russia?
On Friday, August 8th price of potatoes intended for export was 0.15 EUR/kg. Russian recipients are expressing an interest in Polish potatoes, but it is only potential demand. According to

Import of bananas
In 2007 Poland purchased 234.1 thousand tons of bananas valued at 143.9 million euro. Large amounts of these fruits were purchased in Germany. The share of supplies from Germany in the Polish

Export of cultivated mushrooms to Russia
Polish statistical CAAC and MF data shows that in spite of ‘embargo’ (actually import restriction), in 2007 export of Polish cultivated mushrooms to Russia amounted almost 11 thousand tons.

Prices of deep-frozen peas
Since 2004 export prices of Polish deep-frozen peas systematically have been increasing. In 2004 price was 0.45 EUR/kg and in 2007 - 0.59 EUR/kg. The demand for this product is more and more