Moldova: What pushes up the price of grapes at the end of January?

In the last ten days of January, wholesale prices for table grapes of all kinds increased on average by 1-2 lei/kg ($0.05-0.10/kg), that is, by 5-7% on the Moldovan market. Market operators believe that in the second half of this month, the main stimulus for the rise in the price of grapes is not high export demand, but a change in the demand / supply of this product for retail sales within Moldova, EastFruit reports. The period of export sales of the local grape variety "Moldova" ended by mid-January. Not because the demand from exporters disappeared, on the contrary, they were ready to pay for the highest quality "Moldova" from the southern regions of the country at 20-23 lei/kg (/kg), that is, much more than the average prevailing price. But the supply was too low, at that moment the commodity stocks of export-quality products in the vast majority of agricultural enterprises dried up. A very small amount of medium quality grapes in mid-January 2023 remained only in the storage ...