Czech Republic: Polish apples are flooding the market and spoiling trade

게시됨 2022년 11월 24일

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Czech stores are selling apples at their lowest prices in two years, due to the market being flooded with Polish apples, which are putting pressure on food price increases. This is leading to unprofitable cultivation for Czech fruit growers, who are planning to cut down orchards. The surplus of apples on the market has resulted in retail chains refusing to pay prices that cover increased production costs. Despite being the largest European producer of apples, Poland's apples are not allowed to enter certain Western European markets. Czech apple producers have received state support of 100 million crowns, but this does not solve the sector's current problems.

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The current prices of apples in Czech stores are the lowest in two years. Thus, they are completely unable to keep up with the significant increase in food prices in the last year. The reason for the low prices is the flooding of the market with Polish apples, according to the novinky.cz portal. Due to low prices and unprofitable cultivation, Czech fruit growers plan to cut down orchards further. According to Ludvík, Polish apples, which used to go mainly to the East, remain on the European market, which is used by retail chains to exert price pressure. With an annual harvest of around 4.5 million tons, Poland is the largest producer of apples in Europe. The Czech harvest is expected to be over 130,000 tonnes this year. According to Ludvík, retail chains are not willing to pay fruit growers prices that cover the increased production costs when there is a surplus of apples on the market. "It's a vicious circle that nobody wants to solve," said Ludvík. He pointed out that there is ...

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