The walnut harvest in the southern districts is low this year. Chairman of the Association of Walnut Exporters of Moldova Dumitru Vicol has told IPN that it’s not known why the walnut trees bloomed poorly in spring there. However, the crop on the rest of the country is average. On the whole, this year’s harvest will not be much lower than last year’s.

Moldova exports annually 10,000 – 12,000 tonnes of walnut kernel. This is almost the entire produced quantity. The kernel is sold to the Arab countries, the EU and the CIS. Only 1% of the walnut kernel production remains in the country.

In announcements, they offer 7 to 13 lei per kilogram of walnuts of the 2014 harvest, or even 25 lei if the walnuts are well sorted. The walnut kernel costs up to 120 lei per kilogram.