Produkcja, eksport i ceny zagęszczonego soku jabłkowego a ceny skupu jabłek do przetwórstwa w Polsce

The aim of this paper was to determine the power and direction of relationship between production, export and prices of apple juice concentrate and the prices for apples for processing in the years 2004-2014. The ana­lysis used data published in the „Rynek rolny”, by the IERiGŻ-PIB. The correlation coefficients were calculated. Despite the fluctuations, the production of apple juice concentrate increased over the analyzed period. Over 90% of apple juice concentrate produced in Poland was exported and the relationship between the volume of production and export volume measured by a correlation coefficient was positive and very strong. The correlation between the production of apple juice concentrate and prices of apple juice concentrate had a medium power and there was almost no correlation between the prices of apple juice concentrate and the volume of export of apple juice concentrate. The correlations between the prices for apple for processing and both the volume of production and the volume of export of apple juice concentrate were negative.