Mu Januware, mulingo wamitengo yotsika kwambiri ya mbatata ku Moldova umasintha mlungu uliwonse pa 4-4,5 lei/kg ($0,22-0,25/kg), inatero portal. East Chipatso. Mamembala a Association of Potato Growers of Moldova amakhulupirira kuti kusinthasintha kwamitengo kumadalira nyengo: kutentha kumayenderana ndi kukwera kwa kufunikira komanso kugulitsa mbatata m'misika yakumidzi, kuzizira kumapangitsa ogula kugula mbatata yotsika mtengo m'masitolo akuluakulu ndi m'masitolo ogulitsa.
Sabata ino, malinga ndi zolosera zanyengo, kukuzizira. Choncho, pali chifukwa choneneratu kukwera pang'ono kwamitengo ya mbatata. Mwa njira, mu Januware 2022, poyerekeza ndi msinkhu wa chaka chatha, mwezi womwewo, mitengo yamtengo wapatali mu lei inali yapamwamba ndi 15-18%. M'mawu a dollar, kuwonjezeka sikuposa 1-3%.
Malinga ndi akatswiri a bungweli, kuwonjezera pa kufunikira kosakhazikika komanso kocheperako kwa mbatata, mtengo wake udakali wopanikizika kwambiri ndi "mbatata za khola". Ndizosatheka kuwerengera kuchuluka kwa mankhwalawa omwe amasungidwa ndi mabanja akumidzi ndi minda yaying'ono. Poganizira kuti kupezeka kwa zinthu zotsika komanso zapakatikati ndizokulirapo, pali zochulukirapo, kunena kuti, "mabanki amalonda". Ndipo kusiyana pakati pamitengo yaying'ono ndi yogulitsa m'misika yotseguka m'matauni ndi yosafunika.
Nthawi yomweyo, m'masitolo ambiri, mitengo yogulitsa mbatata sinasinthe kuyambira kumapeto kwa Disembala. Pa nthawi yomweyi, iwo ndi amodzi ndi theka mpaka kawiri kuposa "bazaar".