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Record-breaking prices for tomatoes in Poland, with costs reaching PLN 25-30 per kilogram, due to high energy costs leading to reduced production and snowfall damaging crops. Most tomatoes are imported from Spain and Morocco, and domestic production is not expected to lower prices significantly. KraftHeinz president, Marta Pilczuk, predicts that vegetable prices will decrease but not until next year, after a potential increase of up to 350 percent in the past six months.
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A kilogram of tomatoes currently costs PLN 25 or even PLN 30. The prices are record-breaking. At markets and in stores, the prices of tomatoes are as high as never before. The price is like from space, from PLN 25 to even PLN 30 per kilogram. According to Radio Tok FM Tomatoes are expensive for several reasons. They are delivered to Poland - in the winter season and early spring - mainly from Spain or Morocco. And there was a snowfall that destroyed some of the crops. In addition, due to very high energy prices, some producers limit production or even abandon it. In Poland, growing tomatoes in greenhouses is also becoming a problem, because heating a greenhouse today costs several times as much as before. There are no Polish tomatoes yet, but we certainly cannot count on their prices being much lower than imported ones. Marta Pilczuk, president of KraftHeinz - one of the ...
Source: Sady Ogrody
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