Poland: There are many markets full of such cucumbers, it is surprising where they come from

Published 2024년 11월 5일

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The Polish cucumber market is preparing for the end of the domestic season, which will be followed by a dominance of imported cucumbers, particularly from Russia and Spain. The influx of Russian cucumbers, despite price pressures and quality concerns, is causing controversy due to the ongoing sanctions that prevent Polish exports to Russia. On the other hand, Spanish cucumbers are becoming more dominant and are significantly cheaper, with prices dropping by 43% compared to last year and 12% in the last two weeks. This has led to a price gap between imported and domestic cucumbers, with Spanish cucumbers being sold at a lower price range on Polish wholesale markets.

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The Polish cucumber season is coming to an end, and soon the domestic market will be dominated by imported items. The goods imported from abroad are already putting domestic cucumbers under price pressure, but they are also causing a lot of controversy, mainly because of the Russian lots - wrote FruitVeB. On the one hand, the goods arrive from Russia very cheaply, the quality of which is rightly doubted, and on the other hand, the Polish market players take a very bad view of the fact that Russian goods can arrive in Poland, but Poland cannot export to Russia due to sanctions. On the Polish market, however, it is not the Russian, but primarily the Spanish cucumber that dominates, the price of which in Almería was 0.52 euros/kg (215 HUF/kg) in the 43rd ...

Source: Agronaplo