Moldovan apple has a chance on the Romanian market, but only Gala

Published 2022년 10월 19일

Tridge summary

Moldovan horticultural businesses are optimistic about competing in the Romanian apple market, despite high purchase prices relative to Poland, due to shorter transportation routes and potential cost advantages over Polish apples. The strategy hinges on Moldovan exporters negotiating lower tariffs with road carriers. However, this strategy is only feasible for certain apple varieties like Gala, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith. The harvesting of Gala apples is ongoing with high-quality fruits stored, while late variety apples may not be stored due to high electricity prices and other factors, leading to half-empty fruit storages by the end of the 2022 apple harvest.

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Original content

The heads of a number of large horticultural enterprises in Moldova believe that a local apple may well be competitive on the Romanian market, even taking into account the fact that the current level of purchase prices for them is almost twice as high as for a Polish apple (according to EastFruit monitoring, $0.31/kg against $0.18/kg). The main motive for such a seemingly paradoxical statement, according to some gardeners and traders, is that the routes from many Moldovan fruit stores to some distribution centers of Romanian wholesale buyers are several times shorter than those from Poland to Romania. Accordingly, if Moldovan exporters can agree with road carriers on tariffs at least 0.12-0.15 euro cents / kg lower than the tariffs for the transportation of a Polish apple, then an apple from the Republic of Moldova may be on the shelves of Romanian supermarkets in the same price segment with a Polish one. goods. See also: Moldova: in 2023, farmers will have to return to the idea ...

Source: Eastfruit