During the period July 2024 – April 2025, sunflower oil exports from Moldova collapsed in all indicators – both in quantity and value terms, – reports Logos Press with reference to the Agrocereale Association.
The beginning of May 2025 was marked by the first signs of slowdown in the export of Moldovan sunflower. In the first week of the month, slightly more than 2,000 tons of sunflower were exported abroad,” Logos Press reported.
May frosts could significantly adjust the not bad forecast for the 2025 plum crop for the worse,” Logos Press reports.
Wholesale pork prices increased about 10-12% from mid-April to mid-May,” according to Logos Press.
Since the beginning of May, the wholesale price for strawberries in Moldova has increased on average by 5-10 lei/kg – up to 75-80 lei/kg, – reports Logos Press.
The Association Moldova Fruct estimated the amount of damage caused by April frosts to the horticulture and viticulture sector of Moldova at about 741 million lei,” reports Logos Press.
The volume of marketable production in the berry sector of fruit growing in 2025 will be lower than in the previous two seasons, which means that it would be logical that the prices would be higher as well, according to Dmitry Dodică, an expert in the berry business, – reports Logos Press.
Moldova’s growth plan for 2025-2027, signed recently by Prime Minister Dorin Recean and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, in the section on investments in the agricultural component of the national economy, provides for donor financing for the rehabilitation of centralized irrigation systems, forest restoration and reconstruction of roads at district and rural level,” Logos Press reports.
In January-April 2025, the share of CIS in the structure of external supplies of apples from Moldova amounted to only 54%, while in the same period of 2024 – 72%. For the whole of last year, the share of Moldovan apple exports to the CIS fell below 80% for the first time in modern history,” Logos Press reports.
In Moldova, the sales season for apples of the 2024 crop is nearing its end. Some large traders claim that export-quality stocks were exhausted as early as April, commodity balances are small, and they are interested in the domestic market “only insofar as”. There are market operators who believe that chain retailers in late spring – early summer may even face the need to import quality apples to RM.
The April FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) is up 1% from its March level. The increase does not seem to be large. And the attempt to correlate the global food market movement with the galloping growth of food prices in the Republic of Moldova looks strange. But only at first glance.
The Forța Fermierilor Association demands the immediate resignation of the entire Cabinet of Ministers. The government is blamed for everything that has and has not been done to alleviate to some extent the miserable plight of small and medium-sized farmers in Moldova. The leadership of the association appealed to other public organizations of agricultural profile “to join this action of resistance to the systematic policy of the current government, leading to the destruction of local farming”.
Heads of agricultural enterprises from some central and eastern districts of RM claim that the late April frosts, surprisingly, did not do much harm to the ovaries of plums of early varieties: “Cachaca Early”, “Cachaca Most”, “Petestianca” and others, reports Logos Press.
Moldova continued to export table grapes in April. According to the MAIA Agriculture and Food Ministry, about 1,000 tons of this product were exported last month,” Logos Press reported.
In April 2025, Moldova exported just over 13,000 tons of apples,” Logos Press reported.
During the last week of April and the first week of May this year, the wholesale price of apples of most varieties increased by 10-15% – up to 12 lei/kg on average, – reports Logos Press.
Moldovan producers cannot yet export dairy products to the EU market, contrary to media reports about such a possibility,” Logos Press reports.
It has been almost three weeks since the catastrophic spring frosts hit the country, but only a few days ago farmers started meeting with specialized commissions to assess the damage,” Logos Press reported.
A representative of the management of one of the largest pork companies in Moldova, in a dialog with managers of sausage and other meat production companies, informed about another significant increase in pork prices, – reports Logos Press.
If we measure the temperature of Moldovan agriculture by the volume of imports of mineral fertilizers, we can conclude that the health of this very important component of the national economy is far from all right.
