Ukrainian raspberries are giving Polish farmers no peace; protests on the border may resume

Polish farmers do not rule out that they will resume protests after the end of field work. In their opinion, the flow of agricultural products from Ukraine is destroying, among other things, the berry market, EastFruit reports. A significant drop in purchase prices has been recorded in the purchase of raspberries. Polish producers note that they currently receive from 6.5 to 7 zlotys (70-75 UAH) per kilogram of raspberries. This is below the level of profitability. Farmers fear that purchase prices will fall further. “This is several thousand tons - this is what the producers assume. Recently, there has been a significant decrease in purchase prices, which is clearly caused by imports from Ukraine,” AgroTimes quotes Sylvester Dziewulski from the Lublin Chamber of Agriculture, “This is a big problem for our producers - even when Ukrainian raspberries do not go directly to Poland. Berries from the East go to other countries.” Read also: Raspberry prices in Ukraine have collapsed – ...