Poland: apple exporters start with residue-free cultivation
To help growers with residue-free cultivation, Syngenta, together with export company Rajpol, launched the Fruit Quality Contract programme. Dominik Wozniak, commercial manager of Rajpol, talks

Polish producers at Fruit Expo
Among them are such companies as: Agro-Pol, Agro TFC and EuroVeg. Agro-Pol company was established in 1992 and specializes in production of asparagus and apples. AgroTFC products and

Wide range of products at Fruit Expo
On 3rd October all Visitors will have an opportunity to familiarize with wide range of packaging for fruits and vegetables offered by companies: Anis Opakowania, P.W. Agat,

Poland wants to export fruit into India and Iran
A day earlier, the Minister of Agriculture of Poland, Marek Sawicki, met the ambassadors of India and Iran. Similar meetings with representatives of Kazakhstan and Belarus are planned. As it

Early parsley already on the market
Last season early parsley was available on the Polish market only in third decade of June and prices were at the level of PLN 2.00 - 3.50 / bunch. Currently early parsley cost PLN 1.80 - 2.50 /

Asparagus already on the market
Before Easter bunch of asparagus cost dozen zlotys'. Now prices dropped significantly due to a good weather and crops. Season is starting now. Dieticians are encouraging to eating asparagus. Ten

Will Russia put an embargo?
Embargo on fruits and vegetables from Poland is a disadvantage for both Polish and Russian people. This is why Russians aren't hiding information they get and share it with Polish exportres. On

Russian - Polish consultations over possible ban on fruit and vegetable imports
“I think this issue will be discussed after May 10,” he said, adding that until such consultations were over it was early to speak about any possible measures Russian might take. The exact

Lack of iceberg lettuce
We have bad news from Spain and Italy. Warm weather causes worse conditions of vegetation and decreases production. Everything indicates that there will be less vegetables on tha European market.

Demand for early cabbage
Early cabbage imported from Italy have been available for a longer time. Prices are not high and we could notice a slight drop. Now it is about 28.00 - 30.00 PLN/ 6kg box. As at the end of March

Poland: export of chinese cabbage
Of course Polish Chinese cabbage is imported to the Western Europe but current situation is quite specific. Supply of Chinese cabbage in Holland is low. This is why Dutch importers buy Polish one

Poland: export is doing well
Total value of sold goods came to EUR 714,6 mln towards to EUR 621,8 mln in 2012. Also export of processed fruits was bigger - 828,2 thousand tons towards to 772,5 thousand tons at the cost of

Poland: apples of smaller sizes in higher demand
As a result, it will be more difficult for Polish companies to compete with domestic produce in Russia. Taking that into account, Polish exporters now prefer to purchase less expensive apples of

Tomato prices keep on going down
We can expect next season of low prices. Mainly due to last year when supply of tomatoes was low but prices were dropping very fast. To a large reason is was a result of frauds - Belgian

Very cheap cauliflowers
Situation on the cauliflower market isn't good for producers. Very good and warm weather caused is a reason of high volume of vegetables on the market. Supply is much higher than demand and it

Import influences prices of Polish carrot
In the middle of February prices of carrot imported from Holland influenced on Polish ones. Despite the fact that export prices of carrot in Holland are at the level of 0.21 EUR/kg  (0.89

Glasshouse cucumbers are getting cheaper
It can be said that the situation on the cucumber market was "stable" recently. Prices of domestic and Spanish vegetables were dropping every day. The price drop of imported ones was caused by

Leeks cheap as never before
There are no changes in prices of leeks on the Polish market. It concerns Polish vegetables and imported from Holland and Belgium. Polish, good quality leeks cost 1.60 - 1.80 PLN/kg. Prices were

Rising prices of cauliflowers
Polish cauliflowers almost dissapeared from the wholesale markets. Last batch of vegetables are being sold at 2.50 PLN/ piece. In small wholesale, season will last a bit longer. Prices are diverse

Last domestic tomatoes
In the end of season there is decreasing volume of tomatoes on the market. Quality of last domestic vegetables leaves much to be desired. What about prices? In the wholesale price of good quality

Very high prices of Spanish broccoli
We have bad news for all prefering Polish broccoli. There are last vegetables on the market. Due to this prices are rising day by day. Currently they cost 2.10 - 2.80 / piece (foiled, in caron).

Poor demand for radish
Very good weather conditions caused that season for radish got longer than normally. Demand for radish isn't very high but Polish producers are in a better situation than importers. Poor demand

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Danes don't want Polish vegetables
As the Danish newspaper "Politiken" writes, their opinions about Polish food are based on well-established over the years, stereotypes and prejudices. Boil down to assertions that

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