Late Moldavian plum will be sold for a long time and expensive

According to expert estimates, no more than a few thousand tons of plums remain in the fruit storages of Moldova in early October. In previous years, the commodity stocks of these fruits at the same moment of the marketing season were estimated at tens of thousands of tons. Given the high dynamics of Moldovan plum export sales in September, the country's fruit market operators assumed that the plum export season would almost certainly end by mid-October. However, at the end of last - beginning of this month, the intensity of exports decreased. Apparently, because the current level of average purchase prices for external deliveries (about 9 lei / kg - $ 0.52 / kg) is no longer satisfactory to anyone. Fruit storage owners have received higher September electricity bills and are trying to factor in the increased costs into the price of their own products, as well as increase the rent of cold rooms for farmers who do not have post-harvest infrastructure. See also: From 30 to 40% of ...