The Agricultural Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (ACED), funded by the U.S. Government, has published an End Market Study for Fresh and Dried Fruits in Germany.

Germany is the European Union's biggest importer and the largest European consumer of all kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables. No Moldovan fresh produce is sold on the German market at present. The goal of this End Market Study is to enable Moldovan fruit value-chain participants (producers, packers, consolidators, and others) to get a better understanding of the market for their products in Germany and the requirements for entering that market. The products included in this EMS are fresh apples, table grapes, peaches, plums, sweet cherries, tomatoes, shelled walnuts and dried plums.

The report is now available in English and will be soon translated into Romanian. ACED also has published studies on the fresh and dried-fruits markets in Moldova, Romania, Russia, and the Baltic Countries.

These studies are available for download HERE (www.aced.md) or by email [email protected]. Free hard copies can be obtained at the ACED Office in Chișinău (Kentford Building, 3rd floor). Please call (+373-22) 595265 to check availability and order in advance.

ACED is a program jointly funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) aimed at expanding and improving high value agriculture production and marketing in Moldova. The ACED program covers four areas of activity that are implemented in partnership with local service providers: developing linkages between Moldovan producers and local and international buyers; providing training for Moldovan producers to help them meet the requirements of international buyers and local supermarket chains; technical assistance in management, post-harvest handling, planning, marketing, and other areas to value chain enterprises; strengthening the business environment by enhancing the government's phytosanitary inspection and certification capacity and facilitating targeted policy change to encourage investment in high value agriculture. ♦ aced.md