Export of walnuts from Moldova: First positive market signals

In the last week of October, the export sales season for walnuts from the 2023 harvest starts in Moldova. According to representatives of the Union of Associations of Nut Crops Producers of Moldova, some traders are already forming the first fairly large batches of inshell nuts for delivery to Turkey. We are talking about high-quality varietal nuts, which are currently purchased from specialized farms at a fairly high price - more than $2/kg, EastFruit reports. Specialists from the Walnut Growers Union consider the Turkish direction of export supplies of Moldovan nuts to be very promising. This year, the duty-free quota for walnut imports to Turkey from Moldova has been increased from 0.8 to 1.2 thousand tons. But in fact, according to operators of the Moldovan nut market, supplies of products to the Turkish market this season are likely to be significantly higher than the preferential quota. The industry union claims that in the second half of October, the organization received ...