Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18-24.01.2010)
Prices of apples for processing remained stable. In purchasing centers the price was 0.15 PLN (0.037 euro)/kg and in processing plants - 0.18 – 0.19 PLN (0.044-0.47 euro)/kg. The supply of such

Poland: increase in apples prices
From the beginning of the year one can observe growing demand for apples intended for export what results in increase in prices (within two weeks prices rose by 0.10 PLN (0.025 euro)/kg). Apples

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (11-17.01.2010)
Second half of January has started and in Russia and Ukraine holiday season has ended. Apples growers hope that export will grow considerably. But so far prices of apples remained stable. The

Poland leads EU in processed strawberries
Strawberry production in Poland for 2009 was estimated at 195,000 tons, a drop in 3% from 2008. Poland remains the biggest exporter of processed strawberries in the EU and also produces and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (04 – 10.01.2010)
Last week the weather was probably one of the most important factors influencing the situation on the wholesale market of fruit and vegetables. Due to frost and snow the trade and transport were

Poland: pears for export
In this season the demand for pears is high and the export of Polish pears still lasts. Of course now it is export of fruit stored in cold stores. In mazowieckie province the current price of

Poland: fruit producers expect higher prices of apples
Producers prices of apples are still at low level 0.40 – 0.50 PLN (0.096-0.12 euro)/kg for apples of red varieties (without the packaging), size 70 +. Fruit producers hope for bigger export and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (15 - 20.12.2009)
On the market one can observe growing sales of fruit and vegetables before coming Christmas. Fruit growers expect that at the begging of 2010 export of apples to Russia, will be considerably

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

Poland: increase in apples export to Ukraine
Exports of apples is increasing. From 1 December, after decrease in customs duty, more apples are exported to Ukraine. Bigger export to Russia should start from 1 January, when customs duty are

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (23 - 29.11.2009)
Last week of November the market of fruit and vegetables remained rather stable. The prices of industrial apples remained stable 0.15 – 0.16 PLN (0.036-0.038 euro)/kg in purchasing centers and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (16-22.11.2009)
On the market of fresh fruit and vegetables the third week of November passed without big changes. The price of apples, both industrial and dessert remained low. Despite the end of harvest of

Poland: slightly bigger demand for Polish apples in Russia
On the Russian market the supply of domestic apples is decreasing and as a result one can observe growing interest in imported fruit, also from Poland. However till the end of the year the

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (18.10-25.10.2009)
Last week prices of most fruit and vegetables remained stable or changed only slightly. This time of the year prices of vegetable change only slightly and bigger changes concern only such

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (05-11.10.2009)
At the end of the first decade of October the prices of apples, both industrial and dessert, remained stable. The price of industrial apples was 0.14 - 0.17 PLN (0.033-0.04 euro)/kg in purchasing

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (28.09-04.10.2009)
The beginning of October brought the worsening weather what influenced the prices of some vegetables. By contrast, as regards apples, nothing changed. Prices are stable at the low level. The

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (21-27.09.2009)
The fourth week of September didn’t bring significant changes in fresh fruit market. Prices of dessert apples remained stable. One could observe slight bigger export to Russia. The price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (14-20.09.2009)
In the third week of September, the prices of apples are still the hottest topic. The prices of industrial apples hardly changed. The price in processing plants is 0.18 - 0.20 PLN (0.04-0.05

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (07-13.09.2009)
The pace of apples harvest is slowly becoming faster but it is still far away to its peak. However the apples prices are already the hot topic. Prices of apples for processing are stable at a

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (24-30.08.2009)
At the end of August the general trends in prices on the market of fruit and vegetables was similar to earlier ones. In case of fruit of the purchase prices of industrial apples and chokeberries

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (17-23.08.2009)
The half of August passed and on the market of fruit one can observe very low purchase prices. On the market of fresh vegetables there is low supply of cauliflowers, broccoli, cabbage and

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (03-09.08.2009)
The beginning of August didn't bring great changes in the price situation on the fruit market. The sour cherries season for fruit farmers is lost; the purchase prices of sour cherries are stable

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (27.07-02.08.2009)
The end of July, how one could expect, didn't bring an increase in purchase prices of sour cherries. The prices at level 0.50 – 0.60 PLN (0.12-0.14 euro)/kg are catastrophic for fruit farmers.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (20-26.07.2009)
The third decade of July brought next decrease in purchase prices sour cherries. At the end of last week in surroundings of Sandomierz the purchase price of sour cherries for freezing was only

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (13-19.07.2009)
The purchase of strawberries for processing already finished and now the processing plants are buying raspberries, currants. They also started purchasing of sour cherries and of course fruit