The aim of the study was to determine the level of commercial quality on the domestic fruit market in the context of minimum quality requirements which are essential for allowing fruit to be traded. The source of data were surveys conducted among 470 fruit producers, 10 wholesalers and 165 retailers in the Lublin province in 20032006. The research showed that the awareness of the existence and the binding nature of quality standards among participants in the fruit distribution chain was unsatisfactory. The knowledge of relevant quality standards was also very limited. In their assessment of fruit quality none of the distributors took into account all the features included in the minimum requirements of the existing quality standards. Therefore, the results of the analyses did not testify to the high commercial quality of fruit on the domestic market. Preparation of fruit for sale did not meet in many cases even the minimum requirements of commercial quality standards. The widespread conviction as to the importance of quality standards in improving fruit quality was therefore not reflected on the market of the Lublin province despite the binding nature of such standards.
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