The production and sale of strawberries is not an easy business in Poland even in "normal" times. It is always a great unknown how many strawberries can be picked in Poland in a given season as the yield of these fruits is strongly dependent on the weather factor. read more

Volume of lettuce exports (CN categories: 070511 - Head lettuce, fresh or chilled and 070519 - Fresh or chilled lettuce excluding head lettuce) in 2021 amounted to 18.5 thousand tonnes and its value to 90.0 million PLN. This means a significant increase in exports in this category year-on-year. read more

The second half of March brought a fairly dynamic drop in prices of domestic greenhouse cucumbers offered to the wholesale trade on a larger scale. read more

The volume of avocado imports to Poland (CN category: 08044000 - Avocado, fresh or dried) amounted to 28.7 thousand tonnes in 2021, and its value to PLN 359.4 million. This means an increase in imports in this category year-on-year in terms of volume and in terms of value. read more

The volume of beet exports in 2021 amounted to 23.1 thousand tonnes and its value to PLN 49.0 million. read more

The blueberry harvest campaign in Spain is gaining momentum. Spanish estimates say that the harvested volume has exceeded the ceiling of a quarter of the quantities expected for the current season. read more

The wholesale courgette market in Poland is witnessing a repeat of the situation in the second half of January this year. A sharp drop in the availability of courgette in Spain caused a drastic increase in the price of this vegetable. read more

The import volume of grapefruit (CN category 08054000 - Grapefruit fresh or dried) in 2021 amounted to 44.6 thousand tonnes and its value to 183.7 million PLN. This represents a year-on-year decline in both volume and value terms. read more

The prices of Chinese cabbage in the Polish wholesale market have increased again after a temporary low in the second decade of March. They still remain at a record high level. read more

The volume of lemons imported to Poland amounted to 133.7 thousand tonnes in 2021 and its value to 558.5 million PLN. This means that, year-on-year, imports in this category have decreased in volume terms and much more significantly in value terms. read more

The weakening of the Polish zloty and increased costs in the countries of origin have not affected the price level of imported oranges. At least for now. However, oranges should soon start to become more expensive after all. read more

Export volume of concentrated apple juice from Poland amounted to 223.3 thousand tonnes in 2021 and its value to PLN 1185.5 million (PLN 1.2 billion). read more

A dynamic drop in wholesale prices of Polish greenhouse tomatoes is typical for the period from the beginning of March to the end of May. It results from a rapid increase in the supply of domestic greenhouse tomatoes on the market. read more

The volume of banana imports to Poland (CN category 08039010 - Fresh Bananas) in 2021 amounted to 514.1 thousand tonnes, and its value to 1285.8 million PLN (1.3 billion PLN). This represents a year-on-year decline in both volume and value terms. read more

Prices of imported to Poland fresh strawberries in the second half of the twelfth week of this year were clearly falling on the wholesale market. This was the second such decline in March, broken by an upward correction around the twenty-first of this month. Despite this recent decline, prices for fresh strawberries remain relatively high, which is not unusual. read more

The volume of cucumber imports to Poland (CN category 070700 - Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled) amounted to 71.7 thousand tonnes in 2021, with a value of 355.7 million PLN. This means an increase both in the volume of imports in this category and in their value. read more

There is still no decision on whether to withdraw dessert apples from the Polish market, even though the situation in the apple sector is very difficult. Instead, new speculation on this subject is constantly emerging. The latest concerns the possibility of redirecting withdrawn apples for processing. read more

The export volume of cucumbers (CN category 070700 - Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled) in 2021 amounted to 19.9 thousand tonnes and its value to PLN 84.9 million in Poland. This means an increase in exports in this category year-on-year, both in terms of quantity and value. 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

The volume of leek imports (CN category 07039000 - Leeks and other bulbous vegetables fresh or chilled) to Poland in 2021 amounted to 10.9 thousand tonnes, with a value of 49.2 million PLN. This means a significant year-on-year increase in imports in this category. read more