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About 22.2 thousand tons of plums worth $20.7 million (average invoice price – $1.07/kg) were exported by Moldova in October 2025, Logos Press reported.

During September 30-October 2, 13 fruit producing companies belonging to the Moldova Fruct Association will present the achievements of the fruit growing sector of the Republic of Moldova at Fruit Attraction 2025, one of the most important exhibitions of the world horticulture in Madrid (Spain), – reports Logos Press.

The information channels of the European Commission, followed by a few Moldovan mass media, reported that at the beginning of the second decade of September, Moldovan exporters fully utilized the then valid annual quota for duty-free supplies of plums to the EU market. By a “happy coincidence” (or maybe due to it), the closure of the export euro quota coincided with the seasonal decline in prices and a drop in external sales of plums.

The graph of seasonal dynamics of prices for many fruits in Moldova looks like the relief of a rocky terrain – a gorge between two mountains. One peak is the beginning of the sales season, the second peak is its end. The specifics of the season are usually in how precipitous the descent and ascent are, how deep and wide the bottom of the gorge is. Last week, the Moldovan plum market reached this very bottom.

Since last week, the Moldovan plum market has reached the stage of seasonal decline in export sales, which will tentatively last until the beginning of the last decade of September, – reports Logos Press.

This week, gardeners in the south and center of Moldova started harvesting plums of the most widespread in the country early varieties – “Petestianca” and “Caciasca early”. The demand for fruits of the first harvest is high. According to the fruit market operators, the starting wholesale price is set in the range of 9-15 lei/kg. In retail stores, price tags for the first Moldovan plum, depending on its quality – caliber, density, stage of ripeness – are about 40-50 lei/kg.