Freelance correspondent for Logos Press. Specialises in a wide range of topics related to the activities of the agri-food sector in Moldova and worldwide. Graduated from the Kiev Technological Institute of Light Industry and the Moldovan State University (Faculty of History). In journalism since 1995. Since 1998, he has been an employee of the weekly newspaper Logos Press Economic Review. He has worked as editor-in-chief of Lider Agro and Agroexpert publications, as well as on projects for international organisations, including the UN/FAO.
More than 30 thousand tons of wheat flour was exported by Moldova between early July 2024 and late June 2025,” Logos Press reported.

In the range of 8.3-8.4 lei/kg, the average price of last year’s sunflower stabilized in the last decade of July,” Logos Press reported.

Amendments to the Law on Water, “debureaucratizing and clarifying the procedure of exploitation of reservoirs, lakes and ponds”, were recently adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, – reports Logos Press.

In the period until October 31, 2025, operators of the meat market of the Republic of Moldova have the right to import 1.2 thousand tons of frozen pork (tariff items 020322 and 020329) without paying customs duty, – reports Logos Press.

Over the past week, the price of food and feed wheat in Ukraine rose by 2% and 4% respectively, to an average of 219$/t and 215$/t in the south and center of the country, Logos Press reported.

On average, Moldovan farmers ask 20 lei/kg for summer varieties of apples, and the price has remained at this level for two weeks since the beginning of the sales season of apples of the crop 2025, – reports Logos Press.

The introduction of a 10% duty on rapeseed exports by the Ukrainian authorities from August 1, 2025 may affect trade in this commodity in Moldova, – reports Logos Press with reference to the opinion of operators of the Moldovan market of oilseed raw materials.

Due to too high prices for berries and early stone fruits, canning enterprises in Moldova had to cut back their programs of processing these raw materials.

Due to heavy precipitation in recent days in the northern regions of Ukraine, there is a possibility of floods on the Prut River in the period from July 19 to 22, – reports Logos Press.

This week, gardeners in the south and center of Moldova started harvesting plums of the most widespread in the country early varieties – “Petestianca” and “Caciasca early”. The demand for fruits of the first harvest is high. According to the fruit market operators, the starting wholesale price is set in the range of 9-15 lei/kg. In retail stores, price tags for the first Moldovan plum, depending on its quality – caliber, density, stage of ripeness – are about 40-50 lei/kg.

The six services provided by the National Food Safety Agency ANSA can be requested and received by individuals and legal entities in digital format through the EVO application – the “State Services” module, or on the website servicii.gov.md, Logos Press reported.

The electronic record-keeping format provides for the recording of extensive information about the preparations used on farmland: product name, date and time of treatment, dosage, area, crop and its stage of development,” reports Logos Perss.

The total cargo turnover of Moldovan ports in the first half of 2025 exceeded 1 million tons. The port (river berth for barges) in Ungheni accounted for 792.7 thousand tons, the port in Giurgiulesti – 282.3 thousand tons, Logos Press reported.

Because of too high prices for berries and early stone fruits, canning enterprises of Moldova had to cut back their programs of processing of these raw materials, – reports Logos Press.

The export of watermelons from the Republic of Moldova to the Ukrainian market, reported by some media, lasted no more than a week at the end of June and amounted to less than a hundred tons,” Logos Press reported.

Last month, grains and oilseeds accounted for about 87% of the physical and 75% of the financial volume of Moldova’s exports of field products, Logos Press reported.

Based on a presidential decree, Turkey allowed duty-free imports of 0.5 million tons of corn from July 14 to 31, Logos Press reported.

At the end of this week, gardeners in the south and center of Moldova will start harvesting early varieties of plums – “Petestianca” and “Caciasca early”. The demand for the fruits of the first harvest will be high. The starting price offered by traders, according to fruit market operators, will be set in a wide range of 9-15 lei/kg,” Logos Press reports.

Last week, the season of mass export sales of cherries ended in Moldova. Having started a week later than usual, it was the latest in the current five-year period and the shortest – it lasted only four weeks, Logos Press reported.

The campaign of harvesting of grain and oilseed crops of the first group is unfolding in Moldova. It is too early to judge about its results “in hectares and tons”. However, some market trends are already clearly visible.
