Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (24-30.11.2008)
The recent week of November on the market of fruits and vegetables didn't differ from the rest of the month. In mazowieckie province the purchase prices of industrial apples remained fixed: 0.026

When will the export of vegetables to the East grow?
Export of fresh vegetables to the Eastern markets, especially to Russia has been low for many weeks. Polish traders are complaining about the stagnation and the low demand from their trading

Warm autumn caused lower import of vegetables
There are many vegetables on the Polish market and their prices are stable and low. One of the reasons of such situation is a warm autumn enabling good growth of vegetables. This situation

Increase in import of vegetables
As we have already informed the export of fresh vegetables decreased in August compared with August of last year. On the other hand according to the newest CAAC data (Analytical Centre of

Poland import more and more vegetables
According to statistical data Poland import more and more fresh vegetables, especially in the winter and spring periods. In 2007 the import of the white and red cabbages amounted to 4.4 thousand

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

Consumption of fruit
According to examinations of households conducted by the GUS consumption of fresh and processed fruit takes the fifth place (after the meat, products from cereals, eggs and dairy products and

More and more of domestic early carrots on the market
Domestic early carrots is still sold mainly in bunches. Prices range from 0.38 to 0.47 EUR/bunch. There is almost no domestic carrots sold per kg. Lack of rain influenced vegetation of these

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Sunny, dry weather contributes to quick ripening of strawberries but it also badly affects their quality. Strawberries are small and do not withstand transport what makes export difficult. Prices

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
On the markets there are more and more domestic strawberries. One can buy wholesale volumes but quality of strawberries is not sufficient and they are not suitable for export, only for quick sale.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Increase of prices for all fruit and vegetables was expected last week whereas e.g. prices of tomatoes were deeply decreasing. On the markets imported tomatoes at low price ( 3.23 EUR/box, size B)

Retailers prefer imported root crops
Poor quality of root crops caused that retailers (e.g. in Podkarpackie province) prefer imported vegetables. In Małopolskie province price of domestic carrots increased by 0.18 EUR/kg to 0.53

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
From 5 to 9th of May decline in prices of early cabbages growing under protection was noted. Volumes of cabbages is rising and quality is sufficient. Cabbages are 0.8 – 1.2 kg in weight and have

Weekly summary
During the period before 1st May tomatoes price recession was expected. Prices decreased as a result of high demand and uncertain sales. Price of tomatoes size B is lower by 0.50 PLN, size BB by