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In Marketing Year (MY) 2022, FAS Warsaw forecasts Poland’s total cherry production at 261,500 metric tons (MT), consisting of 183,000 MT sour cherries and of 78,500 MT sweet cherries. Post forecasts that the domestic consumption of cherries will increase by 14.4 percent, mostly due to bigger availability of these fruits for the processing industry.

In Marketing Year (MY) 2021, FAS Warsaw forecasts Poland’s total cherry production at 213,000 metric tons (MT), consisting of 165,000 MT of sour cherries and 48,000 MT of sweet cherries.

The U.S. Census Bureau's export data tracks U.S. food and agricultural trade shipped directly to Poland. However, it does not measure the substantial levels of the U.S. agricultural trade to Poland routed through Western European ports of entry.

Although Poland is relatively new to commercial raspberry production, it has become the European Union’s (EU) largest raspberry producer.

Poland’s hotel, restaurant, and institution (HRI) markets were valued at upwards of $7.0 billion in 2018.

Poland is an increasingly important market for U.S. food and agriculture.

Poland’s food processing industry is the largest in Central and Eastern Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union (EU).

Estonia’s organic area accounts for 18 percent of its total agricultural area, the third highest in the European Union (EU).

Poland is the largest food and beverage market in Central and Eastern Europe.

Post sources estimate that Poland’s hotel, restaurant and institutional (HRI) sectors were valued at over $7 billion in 2017, a 6 percent increase over 2016.

In marketing year (MY) 2018/19, Post estimates Poland’s total apple crop at 4.5 million metric tons (MMT), a 61 percent increase over last year.

The Polish Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) announced that farmers will be eligible to receive PLN 1.5 billion ($410 million) in financial support to offset losses from the 2018 drought.