With record production, Moldova plum farmers hail EU integration …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
In 2023, Moldova — whose fruit industry used to depend on Russia — became the number one plum exporter to the European Union.
Photo: Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP
Source: AFP
In a warehouse north of Moldova’s capital, farmer Stefan Bitlan inspects boxes of plums soon heading to Germany as he has turned to exporting to the EU rather than Russia.
“There are a lot of challenges, but, yes, we chose the European Union,” said the 35-year-old, one of the largest plum exporters in the country of 2.6 million that lies wedged between war-torn Ukraine and EU member Romania.
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