Poland: big producer of vegetables
According to the newest rankings Poland, is of the largest European producers of vegetables. The average annual production of vegetables in five last years amounted to 6.5 million t particularly

Prices of onions
The higher supply of onions on the market caused the decrease of their purchase prices. At the beginning of this week the greatest decline in prices was noted in podlaskie province where in

Price of onions
In podkarpackie province companies buying onions to the fresh market are paying 0.14 - 0.16 EUR/kg for onions of 1st class in bags of 15 kg. Last year purchase prices were at the level of 0.21 –

Purchase of peeled onions
In lubelskie province processing plants started purchase of peeled onions at price about 0.27 EUR/kg for onions delivered to the plant. Purchase prices are most often defined in contracts. Last

Lack of red onions
In Mazowsze region there is a lack of wholesale quantities of red onions. The small supply causes price increase. On Wednesday, August 20th minimum wholesale price of red onion, size 4 - 7, was

Ukraine needs Polish products
Floods in Ukraine and reducing the production of potatoes will cause increased imported needs, particularly from Poland. So far potatoes weren't a main product which was exported from Poland to

Prices of onions
Last week purchase prices of onions without leaves had downward trends. In podkarpackie province purchase prices of onion in bags of 15 kg were 0.28 -0.31 EUR/kg. Purchase prices of onion

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (4.08 – 10.08.2008)
In the end of first week of August purchase prices of sour cherries increased a little bit. Price of sour cherries for juice concentrate reached the level of 0.18 EUR/kg and sour cherries for deep

Increase of prices of onions
 It was expected that the lower production of onions could cause the increase of their purchase prices. This week in małopolskie province purchase prices of early onions with cut leaves

Price of onions
On the market four types of onions are available: onions of previous season, early onions without leaves, bunched early onions and early red onions. At the wholesale market in Rzeszów red

Price of onions
Price of early domestic onions is stable. On Tuesday, July 8th price of onions was at level of 0.36 – 0.39 EUR/kg. On the market there are more and more onions with first outer skin and their

Agro Alians among participants of Fresh Market 2008
Representatives of trade company Agro Alians can be met on 19 September in Merchant Trade Centre during the conference Fresh Market 2008. Agro Alians is a supplier of Polish fresh fruit and

Winter onions more and more popular
Light winter caused that winter onions survived in good condition. More and more growers have been deciding to produce winter onions because they start harvest of onion earlier. Area of

Bunched onions: prices are decreasing
Wholesale prices of bunched onions are decreasing by 1-2 % per week. Bunched onions are sold at price of 0,38 – 0,44 EUR/bunch in wholesale market in Rzeszów in Poland. Wholesale price went

Trade before holiday
There is holiday on Thursday so according to Polish legislation trade is forbidden, higher turnover on Tuesday, May 20th. Yesterday prices of early cabbages increased by 0.06 – 0.09 EUR/piece.

Great Britain pays the highest price for Polish onions
In 2007 among ten major export destinations of Polish onions the highest price was obtained in export to Great Britain (0.36 USD/kg). In 2006 price was lower by 0.10 USD/kg. Biggest income (8.3

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse
Last week price of domestic greenhouse tomatoes increased and production was insufficient. However on 16th May price deeply decreased and further decrease is expected.Big supply of early cabbages

Production costs of onions in 2008
The forecast of production costs of onions prepared by IAFE-NRI (ZEO-IERiGŻ-PIB) shows these costs will be at level of 0.15 – 0.17 EUR/kg (or 5 941 - 6 147 EUR/ha). Production costs at level

Green onions with leaves very cheap
In Małopolskie province price of green onions with leaves is 0.50 PLN/bunch – it is lower by 0.20 PLN/bunch in comparison with that of last week. In Podkarpackie province price is 0.57 – 0.60

Growing prices of peeled onion
Price of peeled onion which was low during whole season is increasing now. In Kujawsko-pomorskie province price was rising by 0.02 PLN/kg. This week processing plants were purchasing peeled onion

Onion: Stable prices on the local markets
At local markets in Świętokrzyskie province prices of onions are stable since last week. At the market in Sandomierz prices differed from 0.70 to 0.80 PLN/kg. At the market in Klimontowo prices

Early vegetables
In May wholesale volumes of Polish early vegetables are expected. Chinese cabbage is already sold at prices 1.70 - 2.00 PLN/kg. First lots of early headed cabbage will be available after 8th May.

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