According to official data for the season 2014/2015, Moldova significantly increased its apple export to Ukraine. International trade statistics recorded a record volume of apple import from Moldova to Ukraine, it is about 6,500 tons. For the last 4 seasons Moldova did not export apples to Ukraine, and in the 2010/2011, the volume of imports did not exceed 29 tons.
According to experts, the only explanation for the sharp increase of Moldovan apple import to Ukraine is re-export to Russia. After the Russian food ban, Moldovan farmers were forced to seek alternative ways of entering the Russian market, where they usually sell most of their crop. Ukrainian products were banned in late October 2014, so from August to October, import thought Ukraine remained the most convenient way of apples re-export from Moldova.
At the same time, experts point out that the consumption of imported apples in Ukraine decrease almost by 3 times due to a sharp price rise.