The price of the last watermelons in Moldova is declining, but is still close to a five-year high

The watermelon sales season is coming to an end in Moldova. Most likely, on the domestic market, its supply will remain until the end of this week or, at most, until the middle of the next, when, according to weather forecasts, it will become noticeably colder in the country. The current season in the segment of melons and gourds will apparently be one of the longest in the last five years, along with the 2020 season (also a year of severe drought), writes EastFruit At the moment, watermelon is sold only on the domestic market; active external deliveries of this product to neighboring Ukraine ended quite a long time ago - in mid-August. On the wholesale and retail markets of Moldova in October, only small batches of watermelon were sold from fields where harvesting was delayed for some reason. Basically, now farmers offer medium-sized watermelon for pickling. There is little demand for this product. Firstly, because during this period of the year, the local consumer switches to ...