Carrot imports to Poland in Q1 2021

2021-05-31 11:12

The volume of carrot imports to Poland (CN category 07061000 - Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled) amounted to 8.8 thousand tonnes in the first quarter of 2021, with a value of PLN 22.0 million. This means a significant decrease in imports both in terms of quantity and value.

In the first quarter of 2021, imports in this category amounted to 17.4 thousand tonnes and PLN 30.4 million. This gives a year-on-year decrease in volume by 8.6 thousand tonnes, i.e. by 49.3 percent, and a decrease in value by 8.4 million PLN, i.e. by as much as 27.5 percent.

The average price of carrots imported to Poland in the first quarter of 2021 was 2.49 PLN/kg compared to 1.74 PLN/kg a year earlier. This represents a year-on-year increase of 43.2 per cent.

As regards changes in the geographical structure of carrot imports to Poland between the first quarter of 2020 and the same period of 2021, four countries sold volumes of more than 1,000 tonnes to Poland and there was only one change among the top four.

The Netherlands, dominant in this respect, remained in first place despite a decline in volume from 9.6 to 3.0 thousand tonnes.

Italy remained in second place with a drop in deliveries from 3.1 to 2.6 thousand tonnes.

Germany remained in third place with a reduction in volume from 1.8 to 1.2 thousand tonnes.

Lithuania, which was not on the carrot supply list the year before, came fourth with 1.2 thousand tonnes.

It moved from fourth to seventh place with Belgium, from where deliveries decreased from 1.5 to only 0.2 thousand tonnes.

The highest average price was for carrots imported to Poland from Germany, at 4.48 PLN/kg, a price clearly reflecting the average, which points to the specific product range of these German carrots. The lowest average price was for carrots imported from Lithuania at 1.48 PLN/kg and those from the largest supplier, the Netherlands, averaged 1.62 PLN/kg.

Kraj	Masa [kg]	Wartość [PLN]	Wartość [EUR]	Wartość [USD]
Austria	198 000	250 118	55 584	67 079
Belgia	161 084	383 525	85 051	102 839
Czechy	95 847	60 108	13 357	16 120
Dania	23 973	308 759	68 447	83 099
Francja	57 064	158 664	35 137	42 693
Hiszpania	182 986	622 456	138 072	166 951
Holandia	3 028 736	4 914 807	1 090 894	1 319 909
Indie	30	1 375	305	372
Litwa	1 157 531	1 712 100	379 635	460 535
Niemcy	1 198 913	5 375 226	1 192 734	1 445 242
Nikaragua	8	184	41	49
Peru	131	2 210	490	596
Południowa Afryka	2 931	86 146	19 092	23 177
Portugalia	9	429	96	115
Rumunia	9 274	12 943	2 861	3 470
Serbia	39 200	57 082	12 685	15 309
Szwecja	81 640	122 920	27 278	32 962
Tajlandia	417	10 516	2 330	2 832
Wielka Brytania	95	407	90	109
Włochy	2 595 049	7 923 278	1 757 668	2 128 642
RAZEM	8 832 918	22 003 253	4 881 847	5 912 100

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