Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (31.08-06.09.2009)
At the beginning of September downward trend in prices of apples which one could already observe at the end of August, was even stronger. Prices of eating apples are dropping due to lower export

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

Poland: problem with quality of white cabbage
Due to adverse weather (warm and wet) a lot of vegetables, also white cabbages, are affected by many diseases. It is more and more difficult to buy the white cabbage of good quality and in

Poland: poor quality of Chinese cabbage
The quality of Chinese cabbage is poor due to adverse weather conditions. Too much rain causes that the cabbage is easily rotting. Such situation resulted in lower export of Chinese cabbage.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Poland: cauliflowers still expensive
It seemed that a period of high prices of cauliflowers was already ending. However rains cause that on the market there are still lack of cauliflowers of good quality. On Thursday, August 6

Lower demand for Polish Chinese cabbage on Russian market
On the Russian market one can observe clear decrease in demand for Polish Chinese cabbage Despite stable and low price the demand is much lower than a few weeks ago. On Tuesday, August 4 the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.07-02.08.2009)
The end of July, how one could expect, didn't bring an increase in purchase prices of sour cherries. The prices at level 0.50 – 0.60 PLN (0.12-0.14 euro)/kg are catastrophic for fruit farmers.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (20-26.07.2009)
The third decade of July brought next decrease in purchase prices sour cherries. At the end of last week in surroundings of Sandomierz the purchase price of sour cherries for freezing was only

Poland: high supply of cherries
Prices of cherries low since the beginning of the season, now additionally are decreasing because of very high supply of these fruits. The export prices dropped to the level 2.00 – 4.00 PLN

Poland: good crops of apricots, low prices
This year crops of apricots are very good but it resulted in big supply of these fruits on the market and quick decrease in their prices. On Monday, July 20 the price of apricots of good quality

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit

Poland: export prices of sour cherries
As we already informed, the purchase prices of industrial sour cherries for freezing further decreased from about 1.00 PLN (0.23 euro)/kg to about 0.80 PLN (0.19 euro)/kg. Prices of dessert sour

Poland: difficult export of cherries
We already wrote about problems with this year's export of cherries. Due to adverse weather conditions it’s difficult to find good quality cherries which could be chilled and transported. So

Poland: big demand for carrot
On the market one can observe big demand for young carrot. Prices of washed carrot of good quality started from 0.75 PLN (0.17 euro)/kg last week. This week they are increasing. On Wednesday,

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (06-12.07.2009)
The harvest of strawberries is ending, at the moment the strawberries are being picked in the north-western part of Poland. Last week one could observe the decreasing supply of strawberries what

Poland: high supply of cherries
A few sunny days, especially in southern Poland, caused that cherries supply increased on the market. As a result prices of cherries are rather low. On Thursday, July 9 the price of good quality

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (29.06-05.07.2009)
At the end of June and beginning of July harvests of blackcurrants started. The first prices in purchasing centers aren't too high, from 1.40 to 1.80 PLN (0.37-0.41 euro)/kg, depending on the area

Poland: low prices of raspberries for processing
Processing plants buying raspberries aren't satisfied with quality of fruits delivered to the plants. A lot of raspberries can be only classify in II class due to adverse weather conditions. The

Poland: sour cherries started cracking due to rainy weather
The weather in June adversely affected the quality of strawberries and cherries. Also sour cherries orchards suffered damage because of heavy rains. There is still time left to the cherries

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (22-28.06.2009)
June was exceptionally rainy this year. Much rain and the lack of sun considerably influenced the market of fresh fruit and vegetables. The weather made the harvest difficult and adversely

Poland: poor quality of cherries
There are very small quantities of good quality cherries on the market. Generally fruits are of poor quality, they are easily cracking and they withstand chilling and transport badly. And demand

Poland: prices of cherries
In 2008 production of cherries (40.8 thousand t) was twice higher than in 2007. This year one can expect also the good harvest. The purchase prices of cherries are similar to the prices of last

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15-21.06.2009)
In the third week of June prices of fresh fruit and vegetables didn't change much. Only prices of tomatoes decreased considerably and on the contrary prices of apples increased much. The stocks

Poland: prices of strawberries
On Wednesday, June 10 the weather didn’t improve much. Water on strawberries plantations made the harvest difficult and adversely affected the quality of fruits. The prices didn’t also