Tomato harvest going well in Central and Eastern Europe
According to the German Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI), products from Spain, Morocco and Turkey can sufficiently cover the demand on the European markets and Russian market. The early spring with

Lots of Spanish strawberries on the Polish market
Polish producers are afraid of crops due to the weather. Spanish ones have problems with a bumper harvest. Exceptionally good weather conditions in Spain are the reason of very high supply of

Poland: prices of imported berries down
Chilean blueberries have become averagely 11% less expensive over a month and now are offered at 1.67-2.15 euro per 125 grams (13.43-17.27 euro per kg gross). Prices of raspberries, currants and

Polish onion in Ukrainian supermarkets
Furthermore, a week before supermarkets preferred relatively inexpensive onions of Turkish origin, while now they are more interested in purchasing Polish produce. Retail chains connect those

Demand for early cabbage
Early cabbage imported from Italy have been available for a longer time. Prices are not high and we could notice a slight drop. Now it is about 28.00 - 30.00 PLN/ 6kg box. As at the end of March

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: Lower prices of broccoli
The lowest level prices reached on 20th of February. In a week following that day broccoli were available on the Polish wholesale market at the price of 1.50 PLN / piece. Supermarkets offered

Poland: export of chinese cabbage
Of course Polish Chinese cabbage is imported to the Western Europe but current situation is quite specific. Supply of Chinese cabbage in Holland is low. This is why Dutch importers buy Polish one

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

Russia lifts import ban on Dutch seed potatoes
Rosselkhoznadzor said a laboratory examination had not revealed any quarantine organisms in batches supplied from the Netherlands, allowing therefore about 17,600 tons of Dutch seed potatoes to be

Chinese cabbage prices up in Ukraine and Poland
In particular, Chinese cabbages are offered at Krymskiy Privoz Wholesale Market (Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine) at UAH 7-8/kg (EUR 0.46-0.52/kg), an increase of 14-17% week-on-week. We would remind

Poland: export is doing well
Total value of sold goods came to EUR 714,6 mln towards to EUR 621,8 mln in 2012. Also export of processed fruits was bigger - 828,2 thousand tons towards to 772,5 thousand tons at the cost of

Poland: apples of smaller sizes in higher demand
As a result, it will be more difficult for Polish companies to compete with domestic produce in Russia. Taking that into account, Polish exporters now prefer to purchase less expensive apples of

Demand for Chinese cabbage starts to go up in Poland
Due to low export rates and enough amount of this kind of vegetables on the domestic market of Poland, prices for Chinese cabbage remain quite stable since February 2014. This week Russian

Red Globe - lack of fruits on the market
In last days grapes Red Globe from Peru disapeared from offer. They were available in Poland but price increase was suprising - 35% per kg. it can be noticed that this week stituation on the

Stable prices of strawberries
Supply of imported strawberries in Poland reached maximum. Fruits are available as bananas or apples. High supply and influenced prices which started stabilizing. Last week prices of

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

Poland: Amandine strawberries, the star of Planasa's cultivation forum
Tomasz Wesolowski, director of Planasa Polska, welcomed the forum's 150 attendees. Marcin Siekierski, Iván Leache and Julien Rocherieux, all heads of different departments within the

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

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

Apples from Moldova push Polish fruits from Russian market
During July 2013 - January 2014 period Moldova has exported around 150 000 tons of apples to the domestic fruit market of Russia. This figure is 8% bigger comparing to the previous period

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