In Moldova, the season of flat varieties of peaches started with relatively low prices

The first offers of local flat peach from the south of the country, which is popularly called “fig”, appeared on the Moldovan market. The price is 30 lei/kg ($1.57/kg) subject to targeted delivery in small wholesale. In the previous two years, the starting price for these products was at least 40 lei/kg ($2.23/kg). The operators of the Moldovan fruit market link the relatively low price level for flat peach of the first harvest to several factors. Firstly, the quality of the first batches of goods is not the best - a small caliber, uneven coloring of the fruit. Secondly, high competition with alternative products. In particular, ordinary spherical peaches have been present on the Moldovan market for the fourth week already, and the average wholesale price for them during this period decreased from 35 lei/kg ($1.82/kg) to 20 lei/kg ($1.04/kg). Last weekend, in the wholesale markets of Chisinau, prices for small-caliber peaches before the end of sales fell to 7-8 lei/kg ...