Apples: export of Cortland
In the area of Grójec the purchase price of apples Cortland 75+ (packed into wooden boxes of 13 kg) intended for export is 0.17 EUR/kg. From the last week the price didn't change. In the

Low demand for eating apples
The present high supply of eating apples doesn’t meet the appropriate demand, especially from the eastern countries. On Wednesday, October 15th the prices (without the packaging) of eating

Further decline in prices of industrial apples
The purchase prices of industrial apples again dropped. This week in łódzkie province the purchase price in the processing plants is 0.028 EUR/kg, while last week price was 0.043 EUR/kg. In

Prices of Lobo are decreasing
Prices of eating apples intended for export are getting cheaper. This week price of Lobo 70 mm+ decreased by about 0.011 EUR/kg. In małopolskie province price is 0.17 EUR/kg, in mazowieckie

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (06-10.10.2008)
The end of the first decade of October brought further declines in prices of industrial apples. At the end of last week the price in purchasing centres dropped to the level of 0.022 – 0.028

Industrial apples: prices the lowest on record
In many purchasing centres the price of industrial apples dropped to 0.022 EUR/kg. In spite of such low price a lot of growers sell apples and some of processing plants already stopped the

When the prices of apples will be stable?
This year season for desert apples is untypical. Quite a lot of varieties were ripen in the same time and now quite a lot of apples are falling down the trees. According to the fruit growers the

Price of eating apples
Low prices of eating apples are still staying. On Wednesday, October 8th the prices (without packaging) of apples of 7+ size ranged from 0.14 to 0.26 EUR/kg depending on variety. Prices of

Purchase price of apples are still decreasing
On Wednesday, October 8th in many regions of Poland purchase price of industrial apples was 0.029 EUR/kg. So the purchase prices of industrial apples came back to the lowest level which was

Prices of industrial apples decreased again
The purchasing centres buying industrial apples much lowered the purchase prices this week. In podkarpackie province the prices were at the level of 0.035-0.04 EUR/kg. In mazowieckie and

Price of industrial apples
The beginning of the week brought the next decline in purchase prices of industrial apples. On Monday, October 6th the purchase prices was 0.035 - 0.038 EUR/kg. The supply of industrial apples

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (29.09-05.10.2008)
The prices of industrial apples decreased on the turn of Sep/Oct. In the purchasing centres their price was 0.04 – 0.05 EUR/kg at the end of the week. This due to the fact that there is a crop

Apples for processing: the queues in front of purchasing centres
October began and price of industrial apples 0.08 EUR/kg which was agreed after blockades of processing plants is not in force any more. Purchase prices of apples delivered to the plant

Low prices of dessert apples
In the first days of October prices of desert apples cause the sleepless nights of fruit growers. On Thursday, October 2nd the price of Cortland and Lobo varieties of 7+ size was 0.20 - 0.22

Great fall of Shampion
In many regions of Poland there was a great fall of apples of Shampion variety what had also an influence on the decline in prices of apples for processing. The reason isn't clear. It could be

Low prices of Cortland
In the area of Grójec purchase prices of apples of Cortland variety (size 75+, in boxes of 15 kg) intended for export are at the level of 0.15 EUR/kg. Prices of this variety are exceptionally

Will the price of industrial apples decrease?
A few days without the rain caused that in purchasing centres more industrial apples appeared. Fruit growers are in a hurry with the sale of apples for processing in order to concentrate on

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (22-28.09.2008)
The fourth week of September is a period of relative stability of prices especially on the vegetables market. Of course apples still remain the main topic. Prices of industrial apples in

Crops of fruit in 2008
The Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) published on its website "Preliminary results of assessing of main crops in 2008". This document contains data among others about potatoes, field

Prices of pears and apples for export
This week prices of pears purchased for the export increased. The average purchase price of pears rose by about 5% in comparison with prices of last week. It is a result of starting the purchase

Price of dessert apples
As we informed yesterday, one can have a hope that the purchase prices of dessert apples can grow at the begging of next year. At the moment prices aren't impressive. On Thursday, September 25th

Apples: Shampion earlier than last year
In the purchasing centres there are more and more apples of late varieties. There is still the purchase of earlier varieties as Paulared and Delikates but the purchase of e.g. Shampion has already

Production of Polish apples
The average annual yield of apples in Poland amounts to 2-2.4 million ton, including 1.9-2.2 million ton in orchards producing apples for selling. At average harvests of 2.3 million ton (in 2008

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (15-21.09.2008)
The prices of apples stayed of course the most important issue in the third week of September. The guaranteed purchase price 0.084 EUR/kg is paid only for the raw material of perfect quality. In

Low quality of fruit – low competitiveness
On the Polish market a share of domestic fruit of the low-quality is still too high. One can assessed that 500-600 thousand ton of fruit, i.e. only 16-19 % of total amount of fruit meet the high