Information for fruit and vegetables business in CIS
High demand provokes strawberry price growth in Polish market
High demand for strawberries shown by Polish fresh market operators and processors has provoked a rapid rise in their prices, according to Fruit-Inform. As a result, they have already grown year-on-year in the country.
Now Polish growers are ready to sell their fresh market strawberries at 0.95-1.91 euro/kg, depending on variety and quality, an increase of 14% week-on-week, and say of rather high sales rates despite positive pricing trend.
In their turn, processors also actively buy strawberries and are ready to raise their purchase prices in view of a decrease in their production, which has gone down due to bad weather conditions. In the meantime, they buy strawberries at 0.83-0.98 euro/kg, twice as high as registered in the beginning of this month.
It should also be noted that current prices of Polish fresh market strawberries are averagely 60% higher year-on-year, while prices of berries for processing are 3.4 times as high.