It was ascertain that the local market is abundant in apples, but overall prevail fruits imported from different countries, than the fruits produced in Romania (Fig. 3). The local production is to be found more on the agro-markets (approx. 35%), than retailed in specialised shops or fruit displays in hypermarkets. Inside the large hypermarket chains, over 90% of the apples come from European Union (EU), not from Romanian orchards.
Even though that Romania was a large producer of apples and numerous cultivars were created by Romanian pomologists (Coman et al., 2012; Militaru et al., 2013; Sestras, 2004), the assortment available now days for consumers is entirely covered by worldwide spread cultivars, and local or national production of apples is not significantly present on the market.