Watermelons

On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada. read more

Belarus is introducing its sanctions from January 1, 2022, reports PAP based on reports by Belarusian News Agency BelTa. read more

Watermelons on the Polish market are already available practically all year round. However, there is a huge difference in their supply between summer and winter. Above all, however, this difference is expressed in their prices. read more

The volume of watermelons imported to Poland amounted to 84.9 thousand tonnes in the first half of 2021, while its value reached 211.4 million PLN. read more

This year's trading season for watermelons produced in Europe (mainly in the south of the continent, but later in the season also those from Hungary or Ukraine) started at once unfavourably for producers of this fruit. read more

Prices of watermelons imported from European countries on the Polish wholesale market have been falling since the beginning of the season. read more

​The watermelon trading season in Poland is now entering its most intense period. Last week brought more dynamics of changes in prices of this fruit both on the wholesale and retail market. read more

The volume of watermelons imported to Poland (CN category 080711 - Fresh watermelons) amounted to 3.9 tonnes in the first quarter of 2021, while its value reached PLN 18.0 million. read more

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According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the year 2020 brought an increase in the value of Polish agri-food export from EUR 31.8 billion to EUR 34.0 billion, i.e. by 7 per cent. It is worth noting that this was achieved despite the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
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We analyse Central Statistical Office data for the period January-March 2021 and the production of frozen fruit and vegetables and fruit juices, as well as vegetable pickles. read more

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Watermelons are undoubtedly one of the symbols of summer. Poland receives most of them in July. Last July, 43.2 thousand tons of this fruit were imported to Poland (3.5 thousand tons less than a year earlier). Italy remains the main summer supplier of watermelons to Poland. read more

We analyse the CSO data for the whole year 2020 and the production of frozen vegetables and fruit and vegetable juices as well as vegetable pickles. In this period, we can see a decrease in the production sector of juices, frozen vegetables and especially frozen fruits in relation to 2019. Only in the category of vegetable pickles the CSO recorded a year-on-year increase in production. read more