September 30 2008, 08:30

Poland: official estimations of harvest of onion, carrot, beet and cabbage

According to the information provided by the specialists of Fruit-Inform project, referring to the Main Statistics Department of Poland (GUS), production of vegetables will substantially decrease in the country in 2008. The main reasons are unfavorable weather conditions. Besides, great impact was caused by decrease of profitability of vegetable production in the last season.

The prospects of onion harvest in Poland were found lower than prior expectations. In fact, exactly production of onion will decrease more substantially – approximately by 20 % compared to the last year. At the moment, the wholesale prices for onion in Poland vary within a range of 0.19 – 0.25 euro/kg , whereas in the Southern regions of Ukraine the prices for onion total 0.10 – 0.14 euro/kg. Thus, for today it is more profitable for Russian companies to purchase onion from Ukraine, even more so its import is not imposed with duties.

The prospects of cabbage production in Poland are slightly better, but nevertheless its production may decrease by 15 %. At the moment, the prices for cabbage in Poland and Ukraine are comparable.

According to the forecasts of GUS, the harvest of carrot and beet in Poland in 2008 may decrease by 15 % compared to the last year that has already reflected on the prices. According to the data of monitoring of the wholesale prices, conducted by Fruit-Inform project's weekly, the prices for carrot and beet in Poland and Ukraine are almost the same, although the prices were substantially lower last year.

You can get the detailed information about prices for all vegetables and fruits in Ukraine and Russia during the largest conferences in the CIS: the Third International Conference "Fruit & Vegetable Business of Russia - 2008" and the Fifth International Conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2008".