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Insurance companies have started to receive notifications from dozens of farmers about the damage caused by April frosts to insured farmlands. According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of potential reimbursements from the two largest companies alone will exceed 10 million lei. In total, five insurers are more or less active on the agricultural risk insurance market,” Logos Press reported.
In terms of Moldovan bottled wines supplied abroad, the USA took the first place in the top 10 export countries last year, – Logos Press reports. In particular, the share of the USA in the top ten foreign markets for our bottled wines in physical terms is 33.9%, and in value terms – 33.4%.
The second spring frost wave (the first one occurred in the second decade of March) will affect to some extent almost all apricot orchards, about two-thirds of all peach orchards and at least one-third of cherry orchards. Plum trees may survive,” according to Logos Press.
In March this year, only one Moldovan company purchased apples from refrigerated warehouses in quantities sufficient for launching apple concentrate production lines,” Logos Press reported.
Easter vacations are the first and most valuable “peak of sales” of early Moldovan strawberries. It is important to get into it, i.e. to be on time. This year local producers of this berry (greenhouse) will almost certainly have time to bring their goods to the client. The only problem is that it is unlikely to sell it dearly. Although…
Staff and members of the PIIPC Meat Processing Industry Patronage Council say wholesale pork prices for sausage and other meat product manufacturers have increased an average of 10-15% this week. For some of them, even more. So far, processors are mostly keeping prices for finished products at the pre-crisis level. Only for some positions of “pork assortment” they decided to raise the factory price tag by a few percent. However, everyone fears the worst.
The repayment of debts of Aroma SA, which had been in the process of insolvency through restructuring since 2013, became possible thanks to the government’s decision to merge the two state-owned enterprises. Although the takeover of the Chisinau-based Aroma JSC by Balti-based Barza Albă JSC is not yet legally finalized, the former has allocated 28.9 million lei to the latter for debt repayment.
The best wines in the world are made from grapes grown on old vines. These wines are both more expensive because of their higher production costs due to the low yield of such vineyards, and valuable because of their uniqueness. Moldova has not yet recognized the possibility of obtaining a higher added value from such wines.
During the last two weeks in Moldova, the wholesale price of locally produced pork (half carcasses) has increased on average by 10-15%, – reports Logos Press.
Can foreign citizens become land owners in Moldova? The answer is given by the new Land Code of the Republic of Moldova, which entered into force on April 1, 2025. – reports Logos Press.
The Agency for Intervention and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) announced the authorization of payment of applications for financial support for the period from March 1 to March 31, 2025. For this purpose, MDL 165.05 million has been allocated for payment under various subsidy mechanisms, Logos Press reported.
In the nervous atmosphere created by the outbreaks of African swine fever on the largest pig farms in the Republic of Moldova, there is an impression of an emerging “conflict of interests” between pig farmers, meat processors, meat consumers and the authorities. The representatives of the Patronage of the Meat Processing Industry PÎIPC are sure that there is a compromise, it just needs to be accepted by all stakeholders.
From April 1, 2025, new provisions of the Land Code come into force. The document provides for intervention mechanisms in situations where agricultural land remains fallow (not cultivated), causing damage to neighboring land.
The Environmental Agency has issued an order, according to which from March 28, fishing is prohibited in Moldova throughout the year in certain places – reports Logos Press.
The government has expanded the use of funds from the Livada Moldovei project to stimulate strategic investments in milk production.
The alleged slaughter due to African swine fever (ASF) of about 104,000 pigs at the two largest pig farms has created an existential conflict between pig farmers and meat producers in the Republic of Moldova. The patronage of the meat processing industry PIIPC asks the government for imports “not to impose customs duties on commodity item HS 0203 (pork fresh, chilled, frozen) in the period 2025-26”. It amounts to 20%+200 euro/t, but not more than 25% and 10%+200 euro/t, but not more than 15%). The Association of Pork Producers of the Republic of Moldova asks to leave everything as it is, “since there is no need to increase imports of pork, domestic producers are able to fill its potential deficit”.
Despite the fact that exports of Moldovan wine products show growth against the background of a general decline in foreign sales, this does not mean that everything is fine for its producers. There are many problems, and they can affect not only the good reporting indicators.
The situation on the world wine market is changing, which gives rise to new challenges for business. Oleg Volku, General Director of Imperial-Vin Group, spoke about the trends that have emerged in the crisis.
We can already talk about Moldovan wines being sold in Sweden, a country where the turnover of alcoholic beverages is regulated by strict rules of the state monopoly (Systembolaget). And our compatriot living in this country, former soccer player Sergiu Tanurkov, who created a company for importing wines, played a significant role in this. And three Swedes, who also liked Moldovan wines and became business partners, help him in this.
The most important exhibition in the wine world, ProWein` 2025, took place on March 16-18 in Düsseldorf (Germany). It was attended by about 4.2 thousand companies (a year ago – 5.4 thousand) from 65 countries, including 46 Moldovan producers of wine and divine at a common stand under the brand Wine of Moldova. The exposition was visited by about 42 thousand specialists from 128 countries (last year – 47 thousand people from 135 countries). This reflects the crisis in the world wine industry, as global wine consumption is on the decline.
