The article presents the changes in the foreign trade in sugar, sales quota and non-quota sugar and the quota sugar sales prices during 2004-2012 in Poland. The reform of the sugar market in the European Union in 2006 led to a significant deterioration in the balance of Polish foreign trade in...

Over the period of 2011-2012 the scope of economic activities in many Member States decreased. As a result of that the demand for food declined. The situation on labour market deteriorated - unemployment increased and employment went down. The rate of household income growth diminished. An...

Relative cross-country price volatility increases business risk and distorts efficient sector-level investment allocation. In order to answer the questions of “if” and “how” market structures affect relative price volatility, and using annual data from 14 manufacturing branches in 27 EU...

The growing number of regional trade agreements is a characteristic feature of contemporary international trade relations. The developing countries are more and more involved in this process. Creating groups is associated with changes in the direction of trade flows. The main objective of the...

The article presents information concerning changes undergoing on the world market of fresh apples between 1961-2010. The Author shows changes in production, consumption, foreign trade and prices, account taken of geographical distribution of the main stakeholders (producers, consumers,...

This paper studies the role of speculators in explaining agricultural commodity price movements. The spikes in global agricultural commodity prices in 2007-2008 and 2010 2011 have opened a debate on the contribution of speculation to recent food price volatility. Most academic literature does...

The paper presents changes in the international oilseeds market during the period of genetically modified varieties dissemination. Despite differing countries’ regulations the international oilseeds market grew rapidly. There was found weakening causal relationships between European oilseed...

The aim of this paper was to show the changes in the demand for cut flowers and pot plants in the opinion of the owners or employees of Warsaw florist. A convergence of the correlation between the size of a florist and the period of their activity have been analyzed, as well the opinions of the...

The aim of the paper was to analyse spatial price transmission in the wheat market in Poland and Germany. The analysis was conducted with the use of weekly milling and feed wheat price series and cointegration framework. The results confirm high linkage between prices in Poland and Germany as...

The aim of this article is to present the situation of the milk and dairy products market in the EU countries and in the countries which are the world’s major milk producers in view of changes caused by the potential liberalisation of the global milk trade. The volume of trade in milk and...