The Polish apple season has had its challenges, but overall the season has been pretty good, Adam Malengiewicz, sales manager for Polish apple exporter Ewa-Bis, explains: “I think that the season, which will soon end, can be considered a successful one. We’ve exported an impressive number of containers. If the transport wasn't delayed by a lot, and the apples sold well on the foreign markets, I think that we’ve gained many customers, who trusted us and we’ll be able to continue our cooperation next year.”
Looking at the major issues this season, the problems with exporting to the Egyptian market was the largest. However, Malengiewicz states they’ve managed to export their apples to alternative markets. “Due to difficulties in the trade on the Egyptian market, we decided to change the direction of export towards other markets, increasing the volume in the alternatives markets. It’s hard to say which market has replaced the Egyptian market for us. Rather, it’s a transfer of exports to other markets in parallel, mainly the Middle East and Asian directions.”
For the Polish apples, two varieties performed exceptionally well according to Malengiewicz: “We managed to export a lot of Royal Gala this season. The performance of the Polish Red Jonaprince is also a pleasant surprise. We’ve had several successful shipment attempts and in the following year we’ll continue to distribute this variety to other markets.”
Recently, Poland has had some frosts, although damages have only occurred on a very local scale: “Apple blossoms in Poland are currently in the ‘pink bud’ stage and, depending on the variety and location of the orchard, it is more or less advanced. There’ve been two mornings in a row now with some spring frosts. We don’t have the exact data yet, but there was some damage locally. It’s difficult to specify the extend of the damage, because some of the fruit growers have systems to prevent the damages caused by frost. And for the vast majority of orchards, the temperature was not able to damage the flowers,” Malengiewicz concludes.
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Adam Malengiewicz
Ewa-Bis Sp. z o.o.
Email: adam.malengiewicz@ewabis.com.pl
www.ewabis.com.pl