Walnut market in Moldova, high demand and limited commodity resources

Published 2023년 11월 8일

Tridge summary

The wholesale prices of walnuts in Moldova have remained stable for the past three weeks, with no changes in prices compared to the previous year. However, market operators expect prices to increase soon due to growing demand from exporters. The purchase and export season for new crop walnuts began earlier this year, but the overall available commodity resource is expected to be lower than last year's due to a smaller harvest.

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The purchase of walnuts from the 2023 harvest for export on the Moldovan market has been carried out for the third week. During this period, the range of wholesale prices did not change either for nuts in shell (30-35 lei/kg, $1.66-1.94/kg), or for nut kernels (80-100 lei/kg, $4.43-5. 54/kg), reports EastFruit. On average, the first of these goods is sold at 14%, the second at 25% more expensive than at the same time last year. Market operators believe that soon, under the influence of growing demand for nuts from exporters, purchase prices will begin to increase. Representatives of the Union of Associations of Nut Crops Producers of Moldova note that in 2023, the season for the purchase and export of new crop nuts began a week to a decade earlier than in 2022. At the same time, exports at the beginning of the last season were very weak. While at the end of October - beginning of November, according to the observations of market operators, several hundred tons of goods have ...

Source: Eastfruit