In W41 in the plum and prune landscape, plum prices in the Italian market exhibited stability and are in line with this time of year while demand also remained at normative levels. Few varieties remain on the market such as Stanley from Moldova, October Sun, President and Angeleno from Italy. The Angeleno variety will remain on the market in the coming weeks. In the German market, the plum season ended rather inconspicuously, with supply slowly declining and the quality deteriorated while consumer demand also dwindled. The Stanley variety from Moldova dominated the market with a few German varieties as well as the President and Presenta varieties appearing sporadically. In Ukraine the price of plums continued to rise, increasing from a range of USD 0.41 to 0.55 at the end of September to around USD 0.47 to 0.55 at the end of the first week of October.
The European Commission has set the activation volumes for 2024 and 2025 for the purposes of the possible application of additional import duties on certain fruits and vegetables, including plums. In an implementing regulation published on Wednesday, October 11, in the Official Journal of the European Union , the Commission establishes the volumes, during certain periods, from which additional import duties can be applied. These tariffs should not be applied when it is unlikely that imports will disturb the domestic market or if the effects will be disproportionate in relation to the objective pursued. Plums imported from June 16 until September 30 have an activation volume of 53,929.