Romanians sell cherries at Polish markets; fruit growers outraged

First, the market in Rybitwy was flooded with Romanian strawberries, and now entire convoys of trucks with cherries arrive there. Polish farmers have no chance to compete with Romanian fruit on price and demand that the market be defended against such unequal competition - Polsat News reports. According to witnesses, up to 30 cars with Romanian registration plates enter the Krakow market, bringing cherries for sale. Romanians offer fruit at prices ranging from PLN 6 to PLN 15/kg, depending on the variety. Our fruit growers have no chance to compete with them at such prices. Domestic producers demand protection from the government against unfair competition. They regret that Sanepid and IJHARS inspections issue fines if the product has not been properly marked with the country of origin. This was recently the case with strawberries brought to the Tern market from Hungary. However, such "mishaps" occur only in a fraction of the transports that massively flood the Polish fruit ...