Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (11-17.01.2010)
Second half of January has started and in Russia and Ukraine holiday season has ended. Apples growers hope that export will grow considerably. But so far prices of apples remained stable. The

Poland: only domestic carrot available
The wholesale price of the best quality carrots, mechanically cleaned, are at the level of 0.80 – 1.00 PLN (0.25 euro)/kg. The price of carrot of slightly worse quality is from 0.50 PLN (0.12

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (04 – 10.01.2010)
Last week the weather was probably one of the most important factors influencing the situation on the wholesale market of fruit and vegetables. Due to frost and snow the trade and transport were

Poland: increase in prices of beetroots
Following increase in prices of carrot and parsley, on Tuesday, January 5th, prices of beetroots also rose. Their prices long remained on the level 0.45 – 0.55 PLN (0.11-0.13 euro)/kg. On

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21 - 31.12.2009)
In the last decade of December the most important for the trade was as usual period just before Christmas. On the wholesale markets one could observe bigger sales and prices of some domestic

Poland: growing demand for carrot
Increase in demand for washed carrot (especially washed mechanically) could be observed on the wholesale markets already before Christmas. At the moment one can still observe upward trend in

Poland: production of vegetables in 2009
According to preliminary data from Polish Central Statistic Office (GUS) in 2009 the harvest of field vegetables was bigger by about 8.6 % than in 2008. As regards vegetables grown under

Poland: big supply and low prices of carrot
In contrast to the parsley, prices of which currently are increasing, the price of carrots shows a downward trend. At the end of last week the price of washed carrot was from 0.40 PLN (0.095

Poland: low prices of carrot
The supply of carrots is high and as a result its price is low. The wholesale price of good quality washed carrot is from 0.45 PLN (0.11 euro)/kg. The highest prices (0.75 – 0.80 PLN

Poland: enough supply and stable prices of carrot
On the wholesale market the supply of carrot is sufficient. Prices of carrots are rather stable and depend only on the quality. On Thursday, November 5, the prices of good quality washed carrots

Poland: satisfactory demand for carrot
The demand for carrots is stable and according to producers, quite satisfactory. Of course, it concerns the carrots of good quality, because only such carrot is in demand. On Monday, October 26,

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Poland: price of carrot has downward trend
The large supply and good weather caused that the price of carrots in the last month had a downward trend. On Thursday, September 17, prices of washed carrot were 0.45 - 0.90 PLN (0.11-0.22

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 (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: 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: purchase of carrots for processing started
Some processing plants have already started the purchase of carrots. In the central part of Poland the purchase price of carrots for purée is about 0.30 PLN (0.07 euro)/kg. In wielkopolskie

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,

Poland: import of fresh vegetables in April 2009
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration in April 2009 Poland imported 33.3 thousand t of fresh vegetables at value 28.6 million euro. Compared to April 2008 the volume of

Poland: lower export of vegetables in April 2009
According to preliminary data of the Polish Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in April this year the export of fresh vegetables amounted to 52.7 thousand t, and its value 16.1

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: bigger consumption of cauliflowers and broccoli
According to data of Polish Central Statistics Office (GUS) total consumption of vegetables (fresh, frozen and canned) in Poland amounted to 61 kg/person in 2008 and was higher by about 1 % than

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: early carrot already dominates on the market
On the wholesale market there are already very small quantities of carrot of last year’s crop. Early carrot both domestic and imported dominates on the market. On Monday, June 22 prices of the

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