Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Poland: high prices of greenhouse cucumbers
The season of cucumbers harvest is slowly ending. This year’s crops of greenhouse cucumbers are low and on the market there is still lack of these vegetables. As a result their prices are

Poland: downward trend in prices of carrot
Prices of carrot have been decreasing for a long time due to bigger and bigger supply of carrot on the market. On Thursday, August 27 prices of washed carrot fluctuated from 0.60 PLN (0.14

Poland: fluctuation in cucumbers prices
Prices of greenhouse cucumbers cannot still stabilize. The supply of these vegetables strong fluctuates what influence their prices. Two weeks ago the price of short cucumbers was still about

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: low demand for beets
Wholesalers have considerable problems with sale of beets. The supply of these vegetables is high but demand is very low. So the situation is diametrically different than last season. There was

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: prices of sweet peppers
Last week price of red sweet peppers stabilized. In the production area of Przytyk (mazowieckie province), on Tuesday, August 18 the price of red peppers was 3.15 PLN (0.75 euro)/kg i.e. didn’t

Poland: end of apricots harvest, big crops of peaches
The harvest of apricots is slowly ending. This year crops of apricots are high and as a result their prices were very often only 1.00 PLN (0.24 euro)/kg. At the moment the supply of apricots is

Poland: prices of tomatoes are barrier to the export to Russia
On Monday, August 17 the prices of tomatoes slightly decreased to the previous levels. Price of B tomatoes was 10-11 PLN (2.38-2.62 euro)/carton of 6 kg and the price of BB tomatoes was 12 PLN

Poland: tomatoes more expensive in the south
Last week the decrease in supply of tomatoes caused increase in their prices, especially in the south of Poland. On Friday, August 14 in central part of the country prices stopped at the level

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (10-16.08.2009)
The second decade of August started and many fruit growers started worrying about prices of industrial apples. Prices of industrial apples are low – 0.12-0.16 PLN (0.03-0.04 euro)/kg in

Poland: prices of white cabbage started growing in mazowieckie province
Prices of white cabbage in mazowieckie province started growing due to adverse weather and in consequence lower supply. On Thursday, August 13 prices of white cabbage was to 1.70 PLN (0.41

Poland: low supply of apples Paula Red
As it was for apples of Early Geneva variety, the supply of apples Paula Red in the area of Grójec isn’t big. The lower supply of apples is a result of adverse weather conditions and

Poland: tomatoes prices rather stable after slight increase
We already informed that small supply of tomatoes caused increase in their prices. However it turned that this growth wasn’t very big and although there is rather low supply of tomatoes, their

Poland: slight increase in tomatoes prices
An information from the end of last week about decrease in the supply of tomatoes was confirmed. There is less tomatoes on the market what resulted in their price increase. However the growth is

Poland: growing supply of early varieties apples
The end of the first decade of August brought the increase in the supply of apples of varieties of Paula red and Delikates on the domestic market, but also apples intended for export. On Monday,

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

Poland: tomatoes will be more expensive
Although on Thursday, August 6 prices of tomatoes were still low – from 9.00 PLN (2.17 euro)/carton of 6 kg for B tomatoes and from 11.00 PLN (2.66 euro)/carton for BB, one can already see that

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

Poland: prices of domestic sweet peppers
Despite many summer storms, warm and sunny weather are favourable for growth of sweet peppers. Prices of peppers are rather stable with slight downward trend. On Tuesday, August 4 in the big

Poland: stable prices of tomatoes
The beginning of August didn't bring changes in prices of tomatoes. As a result of stable and high supply their prices are low. On Monday, August 3 the price of B size tomatoes was 10 PLN (2.43

Poland: prices of citruses
In the middle of summer the consumption of citruses in Poland is much lower than in autumn and winter. However many consumers buy these fruits also in summer. At the moment on the wholesale

Import of watermelons in 2008
Between January and November import of watermelons amounted to 98.4 thousand t at value 25.9 mln euro. Import of watermelons increased by 6 % and its value by 14 % in comparison with the same