Will casual labour from Ukraine come to Poland?
Last season for picking strawberries Polish producers paid 0.30 – 0.44 EUR/chip basket. On the well cultivated plantation, working 10-12 hours a day worker could get even 53 EUR. In Ukraine

Tomatoes suddenly went up
Price decrease which was noted in last days created interest of traders in tomatoes. Everybody awaited good Polish tomatoes and finally it happened. East market started importing from Poland and

Importers prefer sweet pepper from Holland
Major quantities (70 - 80 %) of sweet pepper are imported from Holland and Spain. Polish importers from Podkarpackie province prefer pepper from Holland because of their better, uniform colour and

Lemons shortage remains
This year prices of lemons and lemon juice concentrate are high as a result of low supply on the world market and high demand. We can see this phenomenon also in our country. In April wholesale

Apple juice concentrate: Polish vs. Chinese
In first quarter of 2008 China sold 210 thousand tons of apple juice concentrate - lower by 85 thousand tons in comparison with the same period of last year. European importers say that price is

Early vegetables
In May wholesale volumes of Polish early vegetables are expected. Chinese cabbage is already sold at prices 1.70 - 2.00 PLN/kg. First lots of early headed cabbage will be available after 8th May.

Polish young beet leaves already on the market
On the market Polish young beet leaves are already sold. At the wholesale market in Poznań net prices are 2.30 - 2.40 PLN/bunch (150-200 g). There is still lack of wholesale quantities of beet

Imported asparagus less expensive
At the wholesale market in Poznań Polish and imported asparagus are sold. Wholesale price of Polish white asparagus (packed in 0,5 kg bundle) is 20-22 PLN/kg. Price of asparagus imported mainly

Polish and Dutch carrot
Trade with East Europe countries has slowed down temporarily because of Easter holiday in the Orthodox Church. This week in Plodkarpackie province price of carrot has decreased by 0.30 PLN and is

Early cabbage at wholesale markets
At the domestic wholesale markets first lots of Polish early cabbage are already sold. In Bronisze price is 3.00 – 3.50 PLN/piece and in Poznań 3.50 – 4.00 PLN/piece. At the wholesale

Dutch spinach at the wholesale markets
Spinach imported mainly from Holland are still sold at the wholesale markets. In Poznań net price of spinach in 1 kg bags is 4.50 PLN/ kg. The imported product of high quality is in demand by

Tomatoes: growing demand, increase in prices
Oncoming Polish “long weekend” and growing demand caused an increase in selling prices of Polish tomatoes. Presently in Podkarpacie province net price of tomatoes (1st class, size 47-57 mm,