Poland: Raspberry purchase prices below profitability; farmers threaten to resume protests

Published 2024년 8월 30일

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Polish raspberry farmers are facing unprofitability due to the increased import of raspberries from Ukraine, which has led to a decrease in purchase prices. The price pressure from Ukraine and other EU countries is pushing Polish fruit out of the EU market, especially in Scandinavia. Polish growers cannot compete with Ukraine's lower production costs and lenient standards, and are calling for EU-level market regulation and government action to protect their interests. They are demanding the European Commission to implement quotas for raspberry and other soft fruit imports, and for the government to tighten control systems on fruit transports from Ukraine. Serious protests and blockades are under consideration by Polish farmers after the end of field work.

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Increased import of raspberries from Ukraine to the entire EU makes cultivation in Poland unprofitable. Current purchase prices are 6.5 to 7 PLN/kg of raspberries, which is below the profitability level - we read on the Radio Maryja website. Growers in Poland fear that purchase prices will continue to fall, because the price pressure from Ukraine is too great. Farmers are demanding market regulation at the EU level and are considering protests. Ukrainian is pushing out Polish As Sylwester Dziewulski from the Lublin Chamber of Agriculture said on Radio Maryja, according to Polish growers, import from Ukraine currently amounts to several thousand tons and has led to a drastic reduction in purchase prices. Even if Ukrainian raspberries did not flow directly to Poland, other EU countries are also buying them. As a result of price pressure, Polish fruit is being pushed out of the EU market, and not only there. Poles are slowly losing, among others, Scandinavian markets, where we used ...

Source: Farmer.pl