Nobody wants to buy Bulgarian plums

Published 2024년 10월 1일

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The Bulgarian fruit market is facing significant challenges due to duty-free imports from Ukraine and Moldova, which threaten the survival of traditional local fruits like plums. Tsvetan Tsekov from the 'Fruits and Vegetables' Branch Chamber points out that the market for plums and cherries is particularly affected, with foreign companies monopolizing the market and a lack of local associations worsening the situation. Other fruits, such as apples, are also at risk due to disrupted trade routes. Tsekov criticizes the impact of the war in Ukraine on Bulgaria's food sovereignty and calls for stricter inspections on imported fruits for pesticide residues.
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At the moment, we have a totally distorted fruit market due to duty-free imports from Ukraine and Moldova, and I must say quite responsibly that a traditional group of fruits such as plums will disappear for Bulgarian producers. This was stated to agri.bg by Tsvetan Tsekov from the "Fruits and Vegetables" Branch Chamber. "We raised the alarm about this some time ago. This year there is not even a price, no one wants to buy plums. A similar thing happens with cherries, where the market is monopolized by two Italian companies. Due to the lack of associations, manufacturers cannot fight this monopoly. Now individual producers are being pressured," the branch representative added. Apart from the two most widespread crops, which are grown on over 100,000 decares, apples and other seed species are extremely seriously threatened, as all the trade routes are confused. Poland is the largest European producer of apples, Moldova also has a serious production. "In the end, we suffer as a ...
Source: Duma

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