Despite a decrease in Russia’s total apple imports in the current season, Moldova managed to improve its position in the Russian market.
Moldova’s apple exports to Russia in November 2013 amounted to 35,000 tons, an increase of 13% month-on-month and year-on-year.
Russia’s cumulative imports of Moldovan apples in the first 5 months of the current season reached 113,000 tons, an increase of 13% compared with July-November 2012.
Moldova is ranked second in apple exports to Russia in the previous season and was behind only Poland.