According to the calculations of the Association Moldova Fruct, by the beginning of May, about 93 thousand tons of apples of the harvest-2024 were shipped from the country to foreign markets. The industry organization does not yet have data on exports at the end of last month. However, the statistics of previous years clearly indicates the traditional sharp (several times) decrease in the volume of export supplies of apples in May-June. In winter-spring of this year the average monthly export of apple was about 12-14 thousand tons. Accordingly, its external deliveries in May-June at the level of 5-6 thousand tons, obviously, can be considered a good result.
However, representatives of Moldova Fruct note that many large horticultural enterprises and trading companies exhausted the commodity resources of last year’s apple of export quality as early as in April.
At the same time, the second half of spring in Moldova was abnormally cool, because of which the ripening and the start of sales of seasonal berries and stone fruits of local production in the country was delayed. For this reason the demand and prices for last year apples (the cheapest fruits during this period of marketing season) in Moldova increased. This is also the reason why summer exports of last year’s apple in 2025 will “sag” more than usual level.
