Dried vegetables
Dried vegetables play more and more great role in the Polish trade. However domestic production of dried vegetables does not develop as fast as import. In two last years production amounted to

Low prices of plums?
According to forecasts prepared by IERiGŻ production of plums in 2008 will be very high and can reach the level of 100 thousand tons (in 2007 - 54 thousand tons, in 2006 - 94 thousand tons, in

What price of chokeberries?
Producers of chokeberries are afraid of low purchase prices this year. As total crops will probably amount to 40 thousand tons (the largest crops in a few last years) one can think that purchase

Will the sour cherries orchards be cleared?
Throughout the country purchase prices of sour cherries for deep-freezing are staying at the level of 0.22 - 0.28 EUR/kg. It means that harvest of sour cherries is completely unprofitable. The

Low prices of early varieties of apples
Early varieties of apples such as Papierówka, Vistabella, Early Geneva are purchased at lower prices than last year. This year huge crops of apples are expected so prices of apples will be lower.

Will red sweet peppers go down?
Will the lack of sun and the cloudy weather delay the crop of red sweet peppers? Let us remind that the heavy crop of sweet peppers was expected after July 20th. On Monday, July 21st prices of red

Sour cherries: prices below the profitability level
Purchase prices of sour cherries are still decreasing. In podkarpackie province trading companies are buying sour cherries for deep-freezing at price 0.25 - 0.28 EUR/kg and for juice concentrate

Heavy crop of tomatoes
During last days one could observed big supply of greenhouse tomatoes offered in 6 kg boxes. Net price of tomatoes size B and BB was 0.71 – 0.74 EUR/kg. It is possible to find offers for

Price of raspberries for processing
Processing plants decreased price of raspberries. Last week in lubelskie province price of raspberries delivered to the plant decreased to 1.30 – 1.34 EUR/kg while at the begging of second week

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (14-20.07.08)
In third week of July purchase price of black currants did not change and stayed at level 0.56 – 0.62 EUR/kg. Purchase of late varieties (e.g. Ben Adler) started.As regards purchase prices of

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

First blackberries of the season
First cultivated blackberries appeared at the wholesale market in Poznań. Their price is 4.04 EUR/kg (fruit packed in 0.5 kg packaging). Last year wholesale price of blackberries was higher and

Lower prices of blueberries
Trade companies in podkarpackie province are buying blueberries at price 3.73 – 4.35 EUR/kg (packed in 0.5 kg packaging). Purchase prices are decreasing as a result of bigger crops this year

Increase of cauliflowers prices
During last several days prices of cauliflowers increased and on Thursday, July 17th ranged from 0.47 to 0.62 EUR/piece and in some regions even to 0.71 EUR/piece. Generally there is temporary

Prices of cherries
Prices of cherries ranged from 0.77 to 2.48 EUR/kg depending on quality. Prices of varieties of bigger and dark colour fruits are higher. Cherries intended for export (cooled, packed on pallets)

More pears this year
After last year low crops of pears (31 thousand tons) this year record crops are expected. According to forecast prepared by IERiGŻ-PIB total crops of pears may reach 65 thousand tons. First

Increase of cauliflowers price
During last two days one could observe the increase of cauliflowers price. In małopolskie province price is still at level of 0.18 – 0.31 EUR/piece (without packaging), but in the area of Kutno

Cauliflowers and broccoli for processing
In kujawsko-pomorskie province processing plants started purchasing of field cauliflowers and broccoli. Purchase price of cauliflowers (divided into pieces) is slightly above 0.31 EUR/kg. It is

Cucumbers for pickling
In śląskie province processing plants started purchasing of cucumbers for pickling (size 6-9 cm). At the beginning of season price is at quite high level of 0.55 EUR/kg and is higher by 0.06

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (07 – 13.07.08)
In the second week of July purchase price of black currants practically did not change, and even, in some regions of the country they decreased. In the end of last week price was 0,55 – 0.61

Purchase of sour cherries – low prices
The purchase of sour cherries for processing have been lasting for a few days and quantity of bought sour cherries is slowly rising. However purchase prices are keeping steady and nothing shows

Decline in prices of tomatoes
Observing the graph showing prices of tomatoes, both sizes B and BB, it is possible to notice the distinct downward trend in the last month, regularly disrupted with short cyclical rises. On

Price of cucumbers are going down
In purchasing centres price of field cucumbers for domestic market are decreasing. Last week in małopolskie province price of cucumbers size 9-12 cm was about 0.31 EUR/kg, while in the first week

Unstable prices of raspberries
Purchase price of raspberries for processing is not stable. Last decrease when price was lower than 1.22 EUR/kg resulted in protests of producers including announcement of stopping harvests.

Price of bilberries
Purchase price of bilberries for processing delivered to the plant stabilized at level of 1.98 – 2.01 EUR/kg in podkarpackie and świętokrzyskie province and 1.83 EUR/kg in zachodniopomorskie