Growing demand for Polish onion
The demand for Polish onions from Russian market is growing. But Russian importers are looking for onion of good quality and bigger size, only 5 +. Smaller onion is in lower demand. However

Polish market overview - 7 week 2011
In 7 week prices of white cabbage were still in upward trend due to low supply and high demand. The wholesale price of cabbage was from 1.20-1.70 PLN (0.30-0.42 euro)/kg depending on the region

Low demand for domestic onion
Export of Polish onion to Russia or Ukraine as well as to Czech and Slovakia is at the low level. As a result producers have to sell the product on domestic market.  Prices of onion remain

Vegetables crops in 2010
According to the latest data of Polish Central Statistic Office (GUS) production of all main vegetables in 2010 was lower than in 2009.   Product Production in 2010 (thousand

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.09 – 01.10.2010) – vegetables
At the end of September price trends for many vegetables remained stable. However a few days with unfavourable weather again caused difficulties with the harvest of some vegetables. Due to high

Onion still expensive
Although the weather slightly improved, the supply of domestic onion is still low and the demand for Polish onion is high. As a result prices of domestic onion are growing. The supply of

Polish onion too expensive for eastern markets
As we have already mentioned, it seems that the prices of onions have reached the level that adversely affects the demand. Prices have stabilized at the level of 1.10 – 1.25 PLN (0.28-0.32 €)/

Chinese cabbage – the main export vegetable
At this time of year Polish offer of vegetables for export is limited to root vegetables and brassicas. According to exporters the demand for Polish vegetables is not big at the moment. The high

High prices of vegetables – difficult export
The level of prices of some Polish vegetables are comparable with those in other EU countries. It concerns mainly onion, cabbage and carrot. Prices of these vegetables in Poland do not differ from

Further increse in prices of Polish onion
Prices of onion has increased recently. Currently, on the market one can see the increasing demand for this vegetable, so rise in prices is not a surprise. On Thursday, January 7th the price of

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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (7 - 13.12.2009)
In the second week of December prices of domestic fruit and vegetables did not change. Exports of apples to Ukraine is not large enough to cause the increase in their prices. The price of red

Polish onion already too expensive for Ukrainian importers?
Even last week one could observe big export of Polish onion to Ukraine what resulted in growing prices of this vegetable. However, the current price of onion (0.45 – 0.50 PLN (0.11-0.12

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (09-15.11.2009)
In the second week of November the prices of apples, both dessert and industrial did not changed. As the export is very low, the prices of apples are also still very low. The producer price for

Poland: growing demand for onion
As we already informed the demand for onion is growing rapidly and Polish onion is in demand also on eastern markets, mainly Ukrainian market. Currently, Polish onion is also exported to

Very low export of Polish onion
The export of onion clearly slowed what influenced the prices. Although in the current season the supply of onion is not very big, its prices decreased to the level when the producers cannot say

Poland: decrease in prices of onion
This week the purchase prices of onion much decreased. In łódzkie province the price decreased from 1.80 (0.43 euro) to 1.00 PLN (0.24 euro)/kg, in surroundings of Krosno from 1.80 PLN (0.43

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

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 (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

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (08-14.06.2009)
In the second week of June the weather was still unfavourable for growth of fruit and vegetables. Rains and relatively low temperatures adversely affected the supply and prices first of all

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (04-10.05.2009)
Last week prices of the majority of vegetables was much fluctuated and prices of apples intended for export were still increasing. It was growth by about 10 % week-on-week. The demand for apples

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (06-12.04.2009)
Before the Easter the price situation on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables was influenced, similarly as during the previous week, by decreasing supply of domestic last year’s crop

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (30.03-05.04.2009)
As regards price situation last week didn’t bring any surprises on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables. The most important factors which had the impact on prices of fruit and vegetables