More than 200 companies operate in the electronics industry in Moldova. In 2024, the sales volume of goods and services created by them exceeded $700 million. Unfortunately, these products are in little demand on the domestic market, approximately 90-95% are exported.
According to estimates by the National Bureau of Statistics, economic activity in Moldova declined for the third consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2025, with an annual growth rate of 1.2%, Romanian economic analyst Andrei Radulescu said for the Financial Intelligence portal. Since 2014, he has been chief economist at Banca Transilvania and researcher at the Institute of World Economy of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.
Romanian authorities have notified the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of the retrospective application of Romania’s new citizenship law, which extended the timeframe for processing applications from five months to two years, with the possibility of extending it for another six months, Logos Press reports.
Moldova was ranked 85th among 165 countries in the ranking “Economic Freedom in the World 2025”, published on September 25 by Fraser Institute jointly with the Bendukidze Center, – Logos Press reports.
The Council of the European Union announced on September 25, 2025 the decision to invite Moldova to accede to the Convention of May 20, 1987 on the Facilitation of Formalities for Trade in Goods, – reports Logos Press.
The Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization will be in charge of identifying and monitoring the main obstacles to trade between Moldova and the European Union, Logos Press reported.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has again worsened the forecast of Moldova’s GDP growth in 2025: this time to 1.5%. This is reflected in the updated Regional Economic Prospects, Logos Press reported.
The government is launching a financial instrument like the Fund of Funds to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and attract private investment, Logos Press reported.
Moldova has launched the MFAEI Institutional Capacity Building Project under the auspices of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), aimed at strengthening cybersecurity and modernizing crisis management infrastructure by 2028, Logos Press reports.
For the first time since the legislation was amended, fines have been issued for failure to use permits to connect power plants with an installed capacity of more than 200 kW to the electricity grid that were issued or extended until March 27, 2025, but not used by the expiration date, Logos Press reported.
In 2025, Moldova received additional quotas of permits for international road transport, which opens more opportunities for transport operators on foreign markets, Logos Press reported.
At a time of mass migration of young people to study and work abroad, Moldova’s IT sector is becoming a center of attraction for the local workforce, offering competitive salaries, career opportunities and an attractive tax infrastructure, Logos Press reports.
The end of the war in Ukraine may give Moldova’s economy a new impetus for development both in terms of direct participation in the reconstruction of the neighboring country and by transferring many business processes and production facilities of foreign companies here, Logos Press reports.
Dedeman, Romania’s largest home improvement (DIY) retailer, is expanding its operations in Moldova through “strategic investments that will create jobs and strengthen the regional business climate”, Logos Press reported.
Each of the 10 existing banks in Moldova has 315 thousand inhabitants, while in Romania, for example, each of the 20 existing banks serves an average of 900 thousand people, Logos Press reports.
The Romanian company Grampet has obtained the authorization to operate the newest road bitumen melting plant in Romania and started selling this product in Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
In July 2025, $347 million worth of goods were exported, a 30.3 percent increase from June 2025 and a 21.8 percent increase from July 2024.
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calculated for 2025, with a nominal gross domestic product of $19.5 billion, Moldova’s GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) is $46.4 billion. Our country is among the poorest countries in Europe both in nominal GDP and purchasing power.
Romania has not exported a single cubic meter of gas to Ukraine since early September, despite the fact that Ukrainians need at least another 2 billion cubic meters of gas to safely survive this winter, Logos Press reported.
Moldova is looking to attract more Indian companies to key sectors through a new power project, Logos Press reported.
