Below or above forecast: How many apples were harvested in Moldova in 2024?

Published 2024년 11월 18일

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By mid-November 2024, Moldova has completed its apple harvest with a forecasted production of 447 thousand tons, though there are conflicting opinions about the actual yield. The market is experiencing a decline in production in countries like Poland, Serbia, Ukraine, and Moldova, leading to increased wholesale prices for dessert apples and higher purchase prices for industrial apples. However, the volume of autumn apple supplies for industrial processing has been lower than expected, suggesting that either the harvest is lower than forecasted or farmers have stored more apples in anticipation of higher prices.

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By mid-November 2024, the apple harvest in Moldova has been fully collected. As noted by the employees of the Moldova Fruct Association, the summer forecast for the 2024 apple harvest in the country has not officially changed yet, EastFruit reports. However, the information coming from participants in the fruit market of the Republic of Moldova “leads to contradictory conclusions”. In such a situation, the actual data on the production, processing and storage of apples of this year’s harvest, when (and if) they appear, will in any case surprise. AgroExpert reminds that the current (that is, still summer) forecast for the production of commercial apples in the Republic of Moldova is 447 thousand tons. The situation on the European (and even, partly, Eurasian) market of this fruit is still tense. Against the backdrop of weak forecasts for the apple harvest in such "apple" and export-oriented countries as Poland (- 19.6%), Serbia (- 18.8%), Ukraine (- 0.4%) and even Moldova (- ...

Source: Eastfruit