"Price locomotive" for peach in Moldova

Published 2021년 7월 26일

Tridge summary

Gardeners in southern Moldova have started harvesting and selling home-grown peach fig (flat) varieties, leading to a decrease in prices from the high prices previously charged for imported products. The presence of flat peaches on the market has led to an increase in average and maximum prices for peaches in general, but has also reduced sales of regular peach varieties and led to price polarization. Small producers of fig peaches prefer to sell them at a high price in urban markets themselves, rather than through intermediary resellers. However, the growth of the fig peach production segment in Moldova to an export level is hampered by the fact that it has not yet been included in the state register of recommended varieties, meaning the establishment of fig peach orchards is not subsidized.

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Original content

Last week, gardeners of the southern regions of Moldova started harvesting and selling peach fig (flat) varieties. These fruits have been present on the domestic market for about a month. However, so far it has been mainly imported (Greek and Turkish) products imported by retailers, mainly by the largest supermarket chains, independently and sold at retail at a high price - 50-60 lei / kg ($ 2.77-3.33 / kg). That is, about twice the price of regular peaches. The Moldovan market almost immediately reacted to the appearance on sale of locally produced fig peaches with a decrease in prices for it: to 30-35 lei / kg ($ 1.66-1.94 / kg) in the “bazaar” and 40-50 lei / kg ($ 2, 22-2.77 / kg) in supermarket retail, up to 23-25 lei / kg ($ 1.27-1.38 / kg) in wholesale markets. At the same time, the arrival of local fig peach varieties on the Moldovan market last week, judging by the EastFruit price monitoring, led to an increase - after a two-week stagnation - in average and maximum prices ...

Source: Eastfruit