Dried vegetables
Dried vegetables play more and more great role in the Polish trade. However domestic production of dried vegetables does not develop as fast as import. In two last years production amounted to

Stable prices of watermelons
Prices of watermelons are still at low level. Their supply on the Polish market is high and stable. At the wholesale market in Bronisze watermelons from Hungary are the cheapest as usual. On

Will the sour cherries orchards be cleared?
Throughout the country purchase prices of sour cherries for deep-freezing are staying at the level of 0.22 - 0.28 EUR/kg. It means that harvest of sour cherries is completely unprofitable. The

First domestic plums on the market
Polish fruit producers already offer plums variety ‘Herman’ in 5 or 6 kg boxes. Price of I class plums (size 3.5 cm +) is 0.61 EUR/kg and price of plums (size 4 cm+) is 0.71

Protests of Polish fruit producers
Both television and trade electronic media more and more often inform about the situation of Polish fruit producers. On Saturday, July 12th media reported about the protest of fruit producers in

Decline in prices of tomatoes
Observing the graph showing prices of tomatoes, both sizes B and BB, it is possible to notice the distinct downward trend in the last month, regularly disrupted with short cyclical rises. On

Agro Alians among participants of Fresh Market 2008
Representatives of trade company Agro Alians can be met on 19 September in Merchant Trade Centre during the conference Fresh Market 2008. Agro Alians is a supplier of Polish fresh fruit and

Processing plants pay less for bilberries
Last year purchase prices of bilberries were very high and average purchase price was at level of 2.93 EUR/kg. This year price is lower and last week price of bilberries delivered to the plant was

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Crops of strawberries is slowly completed in many regions of the country. Because of the drought there is less strawberries of good quality on the market. Therefore price of dessert strawberries

Great demand for cherries
Crop of cherries has lasted already for couple of weeks but supply of these fruit still does not meet the demand. Polish cherries are very popular abroad as well (among others in Russia). First

Export of sweet peppers
For few last years export of Polish sweet peppers has been rising dynamically. In years 2005-2007 value of export of fresh and processed sweet peppers increased from 2.6 million EUR to 10.5

Situation on the market of Polish apple juice concentrate
Low supply of apples for processing (caused by spring frost) and high purchase prices influenced on decrease of Polish apple juice concentrate export in the season 2007/2008. Total export

What crops of currants in 2008?
Weather conditions are not favourable for currants. According to growers this year crops probably will not better than last year crops which were rather bad. Producers are saying that there is a

Suppliers of MarcPol
The companies which want to supply to the shops of the chain MarcPol will be able to meet its representatives during the conference Fresh Market 2008. MarcPol has been operating on the market

Bigger purchase of sweet peppers
More of imported sweet peppers appeared on the Polish market in quarter 1 of 2008. Poland bought 8.3 thousand tons i.e. 13% more than last year. Import value amounted to 12.3 million EUR i.e. 3%

Import of Italian watermelons increases
Every year Polish import of watermelons from Italy increases. Last year import from this country increased to 21,3 thousand tons, 15% more than in 2006. Peak of import from Italy is dated on

Increase of gooseberry export prices
According to preliminary data of CAAC Polish export of deep frozen gooseberry was about 3442 tons in 2007, slightly more than in 2006. However export price of this product increased from 0,80

The Dutch love Polish strawberries
Poland exports big volumes of cooled strawberries next to deep-frozen ones. 24 thousand tons were sold in 2006, in 2007 this volume decreased to 17,3 thousand tons due to bad crops. The Dutch

Polish sour cherries popular in Russia
Major part of Polish sour cherries are sold to the Eastern markets, mainly to Russia. In spite of bad crops in 2007 volumes of exported deep-freezing sour cherries (61 thousand tons) were only

Trade before holiday
There is holiday on Thursday so according to Polish legislation trade is forbidden, higher turnover on Tuesday, May 20th. Yesterday prices of early cabbages increased by 0.06 – 0.09 EUR/piece.

Great Britain pays the highest price for Polish onions
In 2007 among ten major export destinations of Polish onions the highest price was obtained in export to Great Britain (0.36 USD/kg). In 2006 price was lower by 0.10 USD/kg. Biggest income (8.3

Export destination of Polish sweet peppers
Czech Republic is the main export destination of domestic sweet peppers. Export to this country is estimated at 40 – 50 % of total export. Other destinations are Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia.

Turkish grapefruit most popular
During first two months of 2008 Poland imported 6 000 tons of grapefruit valued at 4.3 million EUR. On the Polish market grapefruit from Turkey, USA and Spain are the most popular. Turkey

High prices of French beans
French beans growing under protection appeared at the Polish wholesale markets. At the wholesale markets in Poznań price of French beans (1st class in 1kg bags) decreased by 10 % to 6.78

Price decrease of Polish asparagus
At the wholesale market in Berlin price of Polish white asparagus (class Extra, size 16 mm+) is 1.75 – 2.50 EUR/kg and in Köln price is 2.50 – 3.50 EUR/kg. Price of Polish violet asparagus