Poland: fruit growers afraid of apple imports

After the frosty beginning of spring, apple prices already rose in Poland. Since most of the summer varieties are damaged, fruit growers closed the CA storage facilities hoping for higher prices later. Experts are sure that volume of domestic apples in the coming months will be much lower than usually. But will the prices grow up? Fruit growers are already afraid of import, which can lead them to bankruptcy, informs www.echodnia.eu.

Some growers believe that smaller domestic crop doesn’t have to influence prices – less apples means that it will be very difficult to have large quantities for export and as a result apples will end up on domestic market. The same situation was seen with sweet cherries 3 years ago.

But in the case of problems with domestic supply, Poland will probably start to buy imported apples, since the difference in price of apples in Poland and in Germany is already small.

May frosts damaged orchards, but this is not the end of bad news. Next problem can be drought. The last winter wasn’t very snowy, and lack of water is already seen. Without rain Poland can see the next dry summer in row.
Source:http:/freshplaza.com