Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (19-25.01.2009)
In mazowieckie province the prices (in Polish zloty) of apples, both industrial and eating, didn't change. The purchase price of industrial apples was 0.10 – 0.12 PLN (0.023-0.027 euro)/kg.

Chicory on the market
Chicory is especially popular in the winter and spring periods before the early vegetables appear on the market. On the wholesale markets in Białystok and Elbląg the price of domestic chicory

Big chill causing major headaches
Unusually heavy snowfall has led to disruption for a number of transport and logistics operators as well as fresh produce traders.Major snowfall and extremely low temperatures across Europe have

Tomatoes are going down
Prices of tomatoes are decreasing. On Tuesday, 28th October prices of tomatoes packed into boxes of 6 kg were as follows: from 4.04 euro/box for size A; from 4.85 euro/box for size B and from 5.12

Negative balance in trade of carrots
Poland which is the largest producer of carrots in EU every year buys the carrots at value exceeding value of exported carrots. The biggest negative trade balance was in 2006, when the export

Very low prices of tomatoes
On Tuesday, August 12th one could buy domestic greenhouse tomatoes at wholesale price 0.30 EUR/kg. Even though at the moment many domestic tomatoes are available on the market, it is hard to say

Iceberg lettuces
On wholesale markets Iceberg lettuces both domestic and imported (from the Netherlands and Belgium) are available. In Poznań wholesale price of domestic Iceberg lettuces in boxes of 10 pieces

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

Lower import of melons
According to preliminary data of CAAC from January to April 2008 Poland imported 1430 tons of melons valued at 1.16 million EUR. In the same period of last year import of melons was higher and

Lower incomes from cherries export
Low crops of cherries in 2007 resulted in export decrease. In 2007 export amounted to only 2 000 tons and it was six times lower in comparison with that of 2006 which amounted to 12 000

Large volumes of bunched carrots
At the wholesale markets, mainly in Poznań, large volumes of imported bunched carrots appeared. Carrots are imported from Holland and Belgium. Wholesale prices for 1st class product (in boxes,