Polish wholesalers started purchasing apples to..

Polish wholesalers started purchasing apples to export them to Ukraine and RussiaCIS produce business periodical, "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits" weekly, informs that the season of dessert apple purchase has started in Poland; these apples will be further exported to Ukraine and Russia, and also to EU countries. However, the wholesalers do not have the common opinion, which volumes of apples they manage to export and if there are export opportunities at all.At the present moment the wholesalers set the purchase prices worth to $0.64-0.76/kg for dessert apples of more than 70 mm in diameter in Poland. To compare: at the same period of time past year the purchase prices were $0.26-0.34/kg.To the opinion of the analysts of "Agrooglyad: Vegetables and Fruits", a part of apples purchased by the wholesalers for exports to Ukraine and Russia will be sold on the inner market in future: the further price growth for quality products is expected there. Now purchased quality Polish apple will be sold not cheaper than $1.4-1.6 on wholesale markets of Ukraine and Russia. The retail prices for quality Polish apples may reach $1.8-2.4/kg in December in Ukraine and Russia. The prices for apple may further grow in January-May on the markets of these countries.You may find out the detailed perspectives of Russian and Ukrainian apple markets, and also other types of fruits and vegetables during the CIS largest fruit&vegetable conferences: "Fruits&Vegetable Business of Russia 2007. Wealth of New Opportunities" and "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2007. Meeting New Leader". There are less than three weeks till the registration for participation in Russian conference is over!
Source: lol.org.ua
Publication date: 9/25/2007