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The apple season ends soon
Situation on the market of apples becomes complicated. Due to high prices there is a little demand for apples. Russian receivers consider prices of Polish apples to be too high. Bigger and

Interest in apples of red varieties
The supply of red apples is low and not enough to satisfy growing demand. As exporters say it is difficult to buy big volume of apples as Jonagored, Champion or Gloster. They have to buy

Purchase prices of apples near Błędów (mazowieckie province)
Apples of variety Idared : Size 70+ 1.30 – 1.35 PLN/ kg (sorted) Apples of red varieties: Size 70+ - 1.30 PLN/kg (sorted) Size 80+ - 1.40 PLN/kg (sorted) Apples of

Season for Gala finishes
If someone is still remaining small amount, trade o this apple is making individually, and the prices are negotiable, depending on the quality and condition of the

Will Golden Delicious be more expensive?
Some varieties went up in prices even at 0.30 PLN/ kg. The demand also increased and it caused the improvement of moods among orchardist’s who still have some apples in

Still popular Idared
Producers are disappointed with the situation on the market but it is not difficult to sell apples. Prices also stopped decreasing and what is more they increased at about 0.10 PLN/ kg before

Increasing demand for Idared
Higher interest in apples has influenced prices which rose at about 0.10 PLN. However situation on the market isn’t clear and not every company decides to increase prices.  The

Promotion of „Jabłko grójeckie” (Grojeckie Apples)
Mr Mirosław Maliszewski, the president of Związek Sadowników RP (Polish Orchardists Union), says that apples from Grójec (mazowieckie province) are well known in Poland as well

Problems with Gala
Last week wasn’t good for producers. Companies buying Gala for export have decreased purchase prices at 0.20 PLN / kg. Some of them offer even lower price and buy Gala at price 1.70 PLN/

Still high demand for apples
Such situation caused panic among some producers. Orchardists wanted to sell fruits opened cold stores. The market of sellers changed into market of purchasers. Lower demand influenced

For peeling, as a mousse or juice
Orchardists who still have a lot of fruits probably will be forced to sell as industrial apples. Only Idared is still in quite good quality. The most profitable is selling industrial apples

Shellac - what is this for?
Shellac is used in many branches i.e. in food industry as E904, pharmaceutical industry, in process of producing paints, lacquers, drawing inks, as well as in renovating antique objects and in

Prices of apples – what next?
There are more and more arguments speak for stabilization of prices of apples for export. If the price will be increasing it may lead to paradoxical situation. Exporters will be purchasing

Will export of Polish apples stop?
It can be said that the situation in export is perfect. Is that really true? Russia imports huge amounts of apples but how long will it last? It may turn out the supply of apples will be so big

Citrus fruits and bananas instead of apples
Poles eat less apples and vegetables as: cabbage, onion, beetroot and carrot. Instead of those products they consume much more citrus fruits and bananas (about 12 kg per year). The

Purchase price of apples near Ryki
               Apples of red varieties Size 70+ - 1.20 PLN/ kg – cold storage (sorted) Size 70+ - 1.30 PLN/

Current prices of imported apples and pears
Polish people more often buy bananas and citrus fruits instead of apples. However importers still offer apples. Currently, popular “green apples” of variety Granny Smith imported

Great demand for apples near Grójec
Until recently exporters in mazowieckie province haven’t complained, because they have been buying apples size 70+. Now increasing demand for smaller fruits is a big problem for

High demand for Idared
One can observe  particularly high demand for variety Idared which is being bought by almost every company that exports to the East. Growth in  demand for Idared influenced the

Slow increase in prices of exported apples
Due to this more and more exporters decide to buy apples from ULO but even this is not so easy. Current prices cause that apple growers don not want to open chumbers. It resulted in increasing

Export of Polish apples in 2011
  Export of Polish apples from January to October 2011 Country Quantity (kg) Value

Bigger demand for Royal Gala
Growth in demand for Royal Gala influenced the prices, which increased significantly. Producer price of Royal Gala size 70 + reached 2.00 PLN (0.45 euro)/kg.  However some producers do not

Polish market overview 12-18.12.2011
Prices of carrot increased to 0.48 PLN (0.107 euro)/kg for brushed product and 0.30-0.45 PLN (0.067-0.10 euro)/kg for washed product. Price of bananas imported from Ecuador (e.g. Bonita or

Polish market overview 5-11.12.2011
Prices of carrot was 0.45 PLN (0.10 euro)/kg for brushed product and 0.30-0.40 PLN (0.067-0.089 euro)/kg for washed product. The average selling price of Chinese cabbage was 0.90 PLN (0.20