Prices of Gala apples in Moldova are too low for the local farmers but too high for the EU buyers
According EastFruit analysts, in January 2023, the weighted average wholesale price for high-quality apples of Gala variety increased only slightly – by about 0.5 MDL/kg (US $0.02/kg). So far, the increase does not reach the price level that is comfortable for the agricultural producers, which, according to them should be close to 9.0-9.5 MDL/kg or US $0.48-0.51 per kg. However, the demand for these export quality apples in Moldova remains rather low at the moment.
EastFruit weekly price monitoring shows that the average wholesale price for the Gala apples in Moldova remained at around 7.0 MDL/kg (US $0.37/kg) for almost the entire month. Only in mid-January 2023 a small price increase which coincides in time with a slight increase in the price of the Gala apple on the Russian market. It is likely that these two factors are interrelated.
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