Weekly summary - fresh-market.pl price analyse (25-31.08.2008)
The consecutive week of August was marked by protests of fruit growers at low purchase prices of apples. The agreement wasn't achieved and blockades of processing plants are being continued. Low

Very high prices of parsley
Prices of roots of parsley without leaves stay at very high level in entire Poland. Many companies are buying the cheaper parsnip in order to replace expensive parsley with cheaper parsnip. In

Two low consumption of apples in Poland
Consumption of apples in Poland, even though quite high (about 20 kg/person), is much lower than e.g. in Germany (25-30 kg/person) or in the Netherlands (about 35 kg/person). For reaching the

Hungary: problems with apples for processing
Not only Polish producers have every year problems with purchase prices of apples for processing. Producers of apples in Hungary appealed to the government to take action to improve their

Purchase of raspberries of late varieties
In August it is a peak of purchase of raspberries of late varieties. Price situation, in comparison with prices of different fruit, is quite good. In central Poland price of raspberries is about

Weekly summary - fresh-market.pl price analyse (18-24.08.2008)
In the third week of August, purchase prices of apples for processing were still the most important. Fruit growers didn't come to agreement with processing plants and price of apples purchase

Prices of domestic sweet peppers
Prices of domestic sweet peppers stayed at different levels depending on the region of Poland. On Thursday, August 21st in surroundings of Radom, price of red sweet peppers was about 0.72 EUR/kg;

Polish tomatoes on German market
Tomatoes imported from Poland are being sold on markets in Hamburg, Berlin and in Munich. Price of tomatoes in boxes of 6 kg, size 57-67 mm is 0.41-0.58 EUR/kg on these three wholesale markets.

Prices of cauliflowers
After last week increase prices of cauliflowers are stabilizing. On Thursday, August 21st both in the centre, and in the south of Poland prices of cauliflowers without packaging were at the level

Ukraine needs Polish products
Floods in Ukraine and reducing the production of potatoes will cause increased imported needs, particularly from Poland. So far potatoes weren't a main product which was exported from Poland to

Field cucumbers: lower supply as a result of bad weather
On the domestic market a supply of field cucumbers decreased what resulted in price increase. On Tuesday, August 19th price of cucumbers of size 6-9 (for pickling) was 0.60 EUR/kg, price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (11-17.08.2008)
The second week of August passed. As regards prices of fruit, both prices of dessert fruit and fruit for processing stayed at low level. In spite of last week's announcements purchase price of

Chokeberries won’t be harvested?
The first very low purchase prices of chokeberries can cause that on many plantations in Poland they won't be harvested. In podkarpackie province purchase price of chokeberries is 0.20 EUR/kg.

Export of Polish horticulture products
In first quarter of 2008 export of Polish horticulture products to EU amounted to 427.8 thousand ton, including 60.5 thousand ton of fresh fruit, 127.4 thousand ton of fresh vegetables, 114.5

Domestic sweet peppers is getting cheaper
On Tuesday, August 12th price of domestic sweet peppers again decreased. It concerns especially red sweet peppers (packed in cardboard boxes of 5 kg), which in south of Poland one could buy at

Prices of cauliflowers
On Monday, August 11th prices of cauliflowers turned out to be more balanced than they were last week. In south and south-east of Poland a supply of cauliflowers was smaller and additionally in

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (4.08 – 10.08.2008)
In the end of first week of August purchase prices of sour cherries increased a little bit. Price of sour cherries for juice concentrate reached the level of 0.18 EUR/kg and sour cherries for deep

Stagnation on the tomatoes market
Prices of tomatoes are staying at the low level what is a result of too big supply. On Thursday, August 7th prices of tomatoes of B size began from 2.2 EUR/box of 6 kg; of tomatoes of BB size from

Import of sweet peppers
In 2007 Poland bought 22.9 thousand ton of sweet peppers valued at 36.9 million EUR. Over 60 % of imported sweet peppers was from Spain. Import from Spain amounted to 13.9 thousand ton valued at

Price of domestic peaches
More and more domestic peaches appear on the market. On Wednesday, August 6th price of peaches size 55-60 in packaging was 0.53 EUR/kg in central Poland and price of peaches 55+ was 0.59 EUR/kg.

Import of watermelons
In 2007 Poland bought 92.8 thousand ton of watermelons valued at 22.8 million EUR. Hungary was the largest supplier (35 %) of watermelons, then Italy (22 %) and Greece (10 %).This year since

Prices of cauliflowers
Prices of cauliflowers much diversified in different regions of Poland. The greatest crop and consequently the lowest prices are at the moment in małopolskie province. On Wednesday, August 6th

Price of sweet peppers
On Wednesday, August 6th prices of domestic sweet peppers were as follows: red sweet peppers (depending on the region) from 0.93 to 1.08 EUR/kg, price of yellow sweet peppers in central Poland was

What purchase prices of chokeberries will be?
According to our information the purchase of chokeberries should start in about ten days in świętokrzyskie and lubelskie provinces. The first price forecasts coming from these regions say about

Import of bananas
In 2007 Poland purchased 234.1 thousand tons of bananas valued at 143.9 million euro. Large amounts of these fruits were purchased in Germany. The share of supplies from Germany in the Polish