Tajikistan is littered with apple that even retail prices are record low

Published Sep 16, 2021

Tridge summary

Central Asia, especially Tajikistan, is in the middle of its apple harvest season, with a significant portion of apples already on the market. However, the market is currently flooded with low-quality apples, driving down prices to their lowest in years, while high-quality apples remain more expensive. Last year, entrepreneurs who stored apples until spring saw substantial profits, encouraging the construction of more fruit storage facilities this season. Despite the increased area of modern apple orchards and improved apple quality, the lack of apple exports in Tajikistan could lead to market saturation and low profits from storage. Global overproduction of apples and decreasing trade volumes have led to the hashtag #freshapplecrisis being coined to warn of potential record low prices for 2021, adding to the uncertainty of this year's apple storage prospects in Tajikistan.

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Original content

Central Asia starts harvesting and selling apples earlier than other countries in our region. In the southern regions of Tajikistan, even such autumn varieties as Golden Delicious ripen in late July and early August. However, the bulk of the apple of autumn varieties is grown in regions with a more temperate climate, and now is the peak of laying the apple for storage, and therefore the best time to draw preliminary conclusions about the harvest and its quality. According to EastFruit analysts, currently the markets are literally inundated with apples of various varieties. There is a lot of it, but the main offer for sale is an apple of low quality, which cannot be stored for a long time. “Even in retail, the price for an apple is now below 40 US cents per kg (about 4 somoni) - such a low price for an apple has not been seen in Tajikistan for a long time. Usually, the minimum prices for an apple in the country are reached only in mid-October, when everything that can be stored has ...

Source: Eastfruit