Poland massively imports onions from Russia

Onion prices in Russia are 2.5 times lower than in Poland, so from August to December 2023, this country imported 24.3 thousand tons of this vegetable from the aggressor country. This is reported by EastFruit. According to Poland's official trade statistics, Russia was the largest supplier of onions to the Polish market from non-EU countries, and third after Germany and the Netherlands overall. From the beginning of the season (August 2023) to the end of December 2023, Poland purchased 24.3 thousand tons of onions from Russian suppliers. For comparison, during the same period, Ukraine delivered almost 500 times less onions to Poland than Russia. By the way, even Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan delivered less onions to Poland than Russian exporters. "This is not surprising, because now wholesale prices for onions in Russia are 2.5 times lower than prices in Poland. Accordingly, Poland is unable to compete on price with Russian onions, and ...