Onion

More young vegetables from domestic crops are appearing on local wholesale markets in Poland. Interestingly, despite not the best weather, their trade is starting earlier than a year ago. read more

The domestic offer of new vegetables is consistently expanding on the fresh market in Poland. Of course, these are vegetables from under high cover at this early stage and their supply is limited, but the situation is very dynamic and if the weather is favourable, the availability of this offer will increase rapidly. read more

The volume of vegetable exports from Poland in 2021 broke the downward trend of the previous two years, but it was not above the level of 2018 (the last year of the previous growth period, started in 2015). read more

Spring this year has brought quite a few changes in the prices of vegetables in the Polish large wholesale market. Not all of these changes are increases, because some vegetables are doing poorly and demand for them remains limited. What about onions and their prices? read more

On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale. read more

After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, prices of basic vegetables started to strengthen. The Polish market has seen increased demand from importers from Ukraine. The prices of vegetables that are part of the basic Ukrainian or Belarusian borsch set - white cabbage, carrots and beetroot - went up. But there is one exception - onions, which wholesale prices in Poland refuse to rise. read more

This is not good news for consumers, but next season vegetable prices in Poland will have to rise or vegetables may disappear from the offer, as their production will become unprofitable and farmers will go bankrupt if they do not raise prices. read more

The volume of onion exports from Poland in the 2021/2022 season (from August to November 2021) amounted to 45.6 thousand tonnes. read more

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

The Polish wholesale onion market (fresh market) remains quite stable, but the long-term trend is upward when it comes to bagged onion prices. read more

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

Poland - the export volume of onion after Q3 2021 amounted to 109.0 thousand tonnes and its value reached PLN 222.3 million. This means a decline in exports in this category year-on-year both in terms of volume and value. read more

Prices of onion packed in bags have shown a certain upward trend on the Polish wholesale market in recent days. read more

The volume of onion exports from Poland in the season 2020/2021 (from August to July) amounted to 146.5 thousand tonnes. read more

It is known that the harvest of onion in 2021 will not be high, due to unfavourable agrometeorological conditions - both during the growing and harvest periods. read more

The 2021 growing season for ground vegetables in Poland started with a delay - even up to 3 weeks in some regions of the country. read more

Usually, onion prices in Poland fall during the harvest period, as a relatively large amount of commodity enters the market at that time read more

Blends are one of the most important items in the palette of Polish frozen vegetables. Next to such items as beans, peas and spinach. read more

The export volume of onion (CN category 070310 - Onion and shallots, fresh or chilled) in the first half of 2021 amounted to 80.9 thousand tonnes, and its value reached 159.6 million PLN. read more

The effects of the vegetation delay are still visible on the onion market. The supply of this vegetable remains slightly lower year-on-year, which translates into a positive difference between current prices and those of the same period last year. read more