Lettuce imports to Poland in 2020 based on GUS data

2021-04-06 11:25

Volume of lettuce imports to Poland (CN categories: 070511 - Head lettuce, fresh or chilled and 070519 - Fresh or chilled lettuce excluding head lettuce) amounted to 51.7 thousand tonnes in 2020, with a value of PLN 266.6 million. This means a year-on-year decrease in imports in this category, both in terms of volume and value.

Indeed, lettuce imports in 2019 amounted to 60.2 thousand tonnes and PLN 286.4 million, respectively. This gives a decrease in volume of 8.6 thousand tonnes, or 14.3 per cent, and a decrease in value of PLN 19.7 million, or 6.9 per cent.

The average price of lettuce imported to Poland from category 070511 (head lettuce) was PLN 4.71/kg in 2020 compared to PLN 4.67/kg in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 0.9 per cent.

The average price of lettuce imported into Poland from category 070519 (lettuce other than head lettuce) was PLN 5.81/kg in 2020 compared with PLN 4.86/kg in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 19.5 per cent.

As for changes in the geographical structure of imports in the category in question between 2019 and 2020, these were small.

Spain, which dominates the sector, remained in the leading position, although lettuce imports from this country fell from 34.9 to 33.2 thousand tonnes.

Italy remained in second place, despite a drop in volume from 15.7 to 9.9 thousand tonnes.

Germany remained in third place, also with a decrease in volume from 4.8 to 4.1 thousand tonnes.

France moved up to fourth place from fifth with an increase in volume from 1.0 to 1.6 thousand tonnes.

The Netherlands has gone down to fifth place from fourth with a reduction in deliveries from 1.5 to 1.3 thousand tonnes.

Kraj	Masa [kg]	Wartość [PLN]	Wartość [EUR]	Wartość [USD]
Austria	8 208	30 339	6 670	7 887
Belgia	818 684	3 540 273	816 768	915 075
Czechy	43 079	153 685	33 934	39 268
Dania	18 034	151 280	34 014	38 524
Francja	1 553 476	9 914 535	2 234 704	2 540 545
Grecja	36 662	62 875	13 925	15 186
Gwatemala	52	1 522	354	400
Hiszpania	33 168 959	124 345 050	28 354 403	31 899 206
Holandia	1 322 503	6 681 957	1 511 775	1 726 093
Indie	6 038	24 497	5 404	5 870
Izrael	1	177	42	46
Niemcy	4 064 543	37 745 392	8 610 094	9 717 126
Unia Europejska	2 464	18 279	4 167	4 976
Peru	1 120	26 180	5 968	7 127
Portugalia	145 940	1 017 820	239 246	263 552
Serbia	50 509	212 470	49 434	54 617
Szwecja	37 819	160 996	36 704	43 830
Tunezja	40 400	129 211	30 300	33 734
Węgry	116 985	396 616	87 978	99 172
Wielka Brytania	188 936	971 228	217 828	242 819
Włochy	9 938 995	81 062 515	18 479 588	20 822 205
RAZEM	51 563 407	266 646 897	60 773 300	68 477 258

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