Import of lettuces and rucola on the Polish market

The import of lettuces has been growing for a few years. According to forecasts IERiGŻ the value of the import of lettuces in the season 2008/2009 will amount to 14.5 million euro against 11.8 million euro in season 2007/2008 and 3.8 million euro in season 2005/2006.

There are more and more different varieties of lettuces e.g. rucola (rocket) which weren't known on the Polish market a few years ago. On the wholesale market in Elbląg the price of rucola imported from the Netherlands is about 4.60 PLN (1.11 euro)/100 g and on the wholesale market in Bronisze the price of rucola from Italy is about 4.40 PLN (1.06 euro)/ 100 g.

Source: fresh-market.pl (ts), on the basis of data from IERiGŻ-PIB