Will Moldova re-export Belarusian potatoes to Ukraine?

In Moldova, according to EastFruit, the average wholesale price for potatoes has remained virtually unchanged for a month – 8 lei/kg ($0.45/kg). At the same time, in neighboring Ukraine, the price for this product has been decreasing for the second week (to $0.47/kg) and is almost equal to its price on the Moldovan market. Commenting on the situation on the Ukrainian potato market, EastFruit analysts pointed to declining consumer demand and attempts by farmers to sell leftovers from last year's products as the main factors putting pressure on the price level. In Moldova, potato stocks among agricultural producers were relatively small even in the first half of winter, and in January, due to spoilage of the products in storage, they tried to sell them at reduced prices (which, by the way, was recorded by EastFruit price monitoring). That is, at the end of winter, the country's farms had minimal supplies of potatoes left. Accordingly, even intensive sales of marketable residues of ...