Low demand and prices for industrial grapes put pressure on the price level of Moldova table grapes

The predicted cold snap in Moldova, with night frosts on the soil surface, encourages winegrowers to speed up the harvesting of table grapes of the late variety "Moldova" - in order to avoid losses. Ideally, according to experts of viticultural associations, it would be worthwhile to complete the harvesting campaign no later than the beginning of the third decade of October. However, they also note that so far there are no signs of mobilization of labor resources in order to save the harvest, following the example of the apple sector, in table viticulture. Reasons on the surface. The projected total 2022 harvest of table grapes in the country is about 80-90 thousand tons, that is, not much lower than the average over the past few years (100-110 thousand tons). However, according to expert estimates, the share of export-quality products in the crop structure will be low - 30-40% at best. At the same time, the bulk of such products have already been collected, initially sorted and ...