Why and for how long did the price of an apple rise in Moldova?

Judging by the EastFruit monitoring, in the last decade of October, wholesale prices for some varieties of apples, especially red ones, increased by an average of 15-20% on the Moldovan market. In particular, Gala rose in price by 1 lei/kg, to an average of 7 lei/kg ($0.36/kg). At the same time, large agricultural producers react to the monitoring data in a peculiar way - they do not deny them, but they do not confirm them either. Noting only that they themselves "have not yet exported a single batch of apples", and also "do not yet see clear prerequisites for increasing the" demand prices "for apples both abroad and, accordingly, in the domestic market of the country." Nevertheless, representatives of agrarian organizations and marketers of donor agricultural projects, interviewed by EastFruit analysts, offered several explanations for the seemingly emerging price increase for an apple inside Moldova. But, according to them, "much is still in the realm of conjectures and ...