Workers sort plums to be exported to EU countries at a facility in Drasliceni village October 14, 2024. In 2022, plums were among seven Moldovan agricultural products for that the EU has temporarily dropped customs duties to help the country in the face of the war in neighbouring Ukraine. Of the record 150,000 tons produced in the country in 2023, the European Union imported 60,000 tons, representing a quarter of the total sold in the bloc. In 2023, Moldova -- whose fruit industry used to depend on Russia -- became the number one plum exporter to the European Union, with the incumbent President making the plum harvest a symbol of the success of the European shift. (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)