Эдуард Лисовой
About two hundred entrepreneurs from both banks of the Nistru River, economic experts, representatives of state authorities and development partners gathered on November 14, 2025 in Chisinau at the fifth Moldova Trade Forum – a significant event dedicated to the development of business partnerships and promotion of exports from the Republic of Moldova – reports Logos Press.
A month and a half is left till the end of this year, and these are the most “working months” in the export sales season. At least, for some types of Moldovan fruits. However, the specifics of the harvested crop and external commodity flows in the first half of the fall show that the chances for a hundred percent selection of new (increased) quotas for duty-free export of fruits to the European Union are, alas, small.
About 34 thousand tons, worth more than 220 million lei, made up the Moldovan turnover of finished fodder and by-products (soybean meal, bran, cake, bard, etc.) in October 2025, Logos Press reported.
About 14.5 thousand tons of table grapes worth just over $14.3 million (average wholesale price $0.99/kg) were exported by Moldova in October 2025, Logos Press reported.
The Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA has started authorizing payments to farmers affected by late spring frosts. A total of 690 applications have been received by AIPA, of which 91, amounting to 19.1 million lei, have already been approved, Logos Press reported.
Due to the delayed harvesting campaign of the second group of crops and prolonged rainfall in October, a significant part of the land allocated by Moldovan farmers for winter crops will remain unsown since the fall, Logos Press reports.
About 22.2 thousand tons of plums worth $20.7 million (average invoice price – $1.07/kg) were exported by Moldova in October 2025, Logos Press reported.
In July-October 2025, Moldovan wheat was supplied to foreign markets at an average price of 3.53 lei/kg – the lowest export price for the commodity in the first four months of the marketing season in five years, Logos Press reported.
Almost 2.5 thousand tons of walnut kernels were exported by Moldova to the EU market in January-October 2025, – Logos Press reports.
In July-October 2025, Moldova sent abroad 18.52 thousand tons of sunflower oil, which is almost four times more than in the same period last year (about 4.8 thousand tons), – reports Logos Press.
Traders claim that the sharp increase in prices for mackerel in supermarket chains in Moldova is due to a significant reduction in EU quotas for catching this, as well as some other types of marine fish and its rise in price on the main European trading platforms, Logos Press reports.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 124.4 in October 2025, down 2.1 points (1.6%) from its September value of 128.5. That is, the CPI declined for the second consecutive month, Logos Press reported.
