As agro-marketing specialist Andrei Zbanka notes, this year, under the influence of unfavorable weather and phytosanitary factors, the plum harvest will be reduced compared to last year’s level by about 25-30% – to 60-70 thousand tons. The quality of production is likely to be heterogeneous as well. The problem of underweight and caliber of fruits, at least of early varieties, does not cause concerns of farmers so far. However, potentially commercial value of commercial plums for the “fresh market” can be damaged by pests (mites).
This year, the period of mass ripening of early plums, as well as many other fruits of early varieties, has moved a week ahead. At the same time, active export of Moldovan plums usually started not earlier than the beginning of August. However, this year, due to the loss of a significant share of berry and fruit harvests in many European countries, high demand for these products appears in advance – before the usual dates of the beginning of sales.
Taking into account this circumstance, deliveries of Moldovan plums to the EU countries will probably start in July. And at quite a good price.
More details – in the Friday edition of the weekly Logos Press.
