Apple exports from Poland 2020/21 (07-12.2020)

2021-03-03 13:05

The cumulative volume of apple exports in the 2020/2021 season (from July to December 2020) amounted to 252.66 thousand tonnes, according to the Central Statistical Office (CSO), and its value reached 463.12 million PLN. This means a decrease, both in terms of quantity and value, to the two previous seasons. The decrease was significant especially in quantitative terms.

Comparing the current season with the two previous ones, it can be seen that the volume of Polish apple exports was lower than last year's by 65.0 thousand tonnes, or 20.5 per cent (after November this indicator was 25.4 per cent), and its value fell year-on-year by as much as PLN 100.84 million, or 17.9 per cent (in November it was -23.2 per cent. Compared to the 2018/2019 season, apple exports fell by 94.34 thousand tonnes, or 27.2 per cent, and by PLN 6.16 million, or 1.3 per cent.

And what is the breakdown of apple exports by month?

As can be seen from the graph, exports in December 2020 were down on those in November, breaking the earlier upward trend in this respect. In volume terms, it was a decline of 19.5 per cent, and in value terms a decline of 15.2 per cent.

Between December 2020 and December 2019, we also have significant declines in the level of apple exports. In volume terms, the relative change is -14.1 per cent and in value terms -15.9 per cent, which means a consolidation of the trend already outlined in November.

Let us now take a look at the average prices achieved by Polish apples on export (bearing in mind that their value is somewhat understated in the figures presented, as they also include apples for processing).

Here the data look, from the exporters' point of view, more favorable. The average price in December 2020 was 10 gr/kg higher than in November. This is an increase of 5.4 per cent. This means that the downward trend in apple export prices seen since July has been halted. The situation is slightly worse year-on-year. In November 2020, it leveled off at the same month in 2019. In December 2020, the average price was 4 groszy/kg, or 2.0 per cent lower than a year earlier. Compared to December 2018, it was 51 groszy higher or 38.1 per cent higher.

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