Poland: Severe drops in purchase prices of raspberries, and it is a long way to the end of the harvest
Fresh Raspberry
Poland
Published Sep 21, 2022
Tridge summary
Purchase prices of raspberries have dropped significantly in recent days. Growers are clearly nervous about the surprising "synchronization" among plants and collection points.
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The first drops took place at the end of last week. At that time, the rate of 8.00 PLN / kg started to appear at the collection points in the Lublin region. However, on Friday raspberries could be sold for PLN 11.00 / kg net. Yesterday, raspberry producers did not hide their negative emotions when they sold their fruit from 6.00 to 8.00 PLN / kg during the procurement. There are also information about the suspension of buying in selected locations. There is still (more or less) a month left to the end of the autumn raspberry harvest. The deliveries are not as large as at the peak of the summer raspberry harvest. Therefore, they cannot be the cause of reductions in freezers and collection points. Comparing the production costs and the current purchase prices, it is hardly surprising that the growers are upset. The arguments faced by growers from recipients include, above all, difficulties in selling more expensive processed raspberries or the abundance of raw materials in freezers. ...
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