Moldova competed with Ukrainian apples

Published Dec 29, 2022

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Moldova has stopped exporting apples to Russia, leading to increased competition for Ukrainian gardeners, according to the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association. This has exacerbated an existing problem of overproduction in Ukraine, where a large amount of apples do not meet export requirements. The association's president, Taras Bashtannyk, noted that the situation is not promising for apple growers and some have even uprooted their gardens. Ukraine has been focusing on developing markets in the East and Asia, but these are currently unavailable due to logistical issues related to sea transport.

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Moldova, which used to sell the lion's share of its apples to Russia, will not deliver there this year. But its products increased competition on international markets for Ukrainian gardeners, said Taras Bashtannyk, president of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association. This is reported on the organization's website. "A competitor with cheap, high-quality apples has appeared in Ukraine. This is Moldova. It was "banned" - now they do not have the right to supply it to Russia. Considering all this, the situation with apples is not happy now. It will not be fun in the future. Many people even uproot gardens. Some never collected the apples," said the president of UPOA. As Taras Bashtannyk noted, overproduction has been a problem in the apple market in Ukraine for three years. There is a huge amount of these ...

Source: Agrotimes