Russians buy-up Bulgarian cherries

Russians for the second year are about to leave Bulgarians without cherries. An investor from Russia has requested 75 tons per week from the fruit in late Kyustendil. The application was received by the municipality mayor Peter Paounov. It will be passed on to farmers who have yet to agree on the purchase price.

Last year, Russians burdened their trucks with Bulgarian cherries for their market for a colossal wholesale price of BGN 2.50 per kilogram. The Bulgarian resellers offered only BGN 1.20 and were left empty-handed. At the moment, they are twisting the hands of local farmers with BGN 0.60 per kilogram of the early fruit which is then sold on the market for BGN 1.60 to BGN 2. There is an interest in the cherries from Kyustendil from Romania, Moldova, Germany and England as well, the municipality praises.

Another reason due to which the Kyustendil cherries may not make it to the Bulgarian markets is the heavy rain that hit the plantation days ago. Hopefully the hail will not be repeated, otherwise, farmers may be left without a harvest.

Because of the good market for the Bulgarian cherries, hundreds of acres of new plantations are created in villages such as Vinogradets and Karabunar. Many of the new cherry farmers are young people and this year they have enjoyed a good harvest and market conditions, they say.

Source: paper.standartnews.com