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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
According to the preliminary data of the sugar market operators of RM, about 11 thousand hectares of sugar beet have been sown for the harvest-2025, – reports Logos Press.
The Law on Grapes and Wine has undergone another procedure of harmonization with the EU legislation. This will further integrate Moldovan producers into the pan-European wine market.
Moldova’s growth plan for 2025-2027, signed this week by Prime Minister Dorin Recean and European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, in the section on investments in the agricultural sector provides for donor funding for rehabilitation/modernization of centralized irrigation systems, reforestation and reconstruction of local roads. Farmers believe that this is useful, but not enough.
The Combinatul de vinuri Cricova S.A. complex, which includes galleries of the former stone adit and underground structures (including tasting rooms), an ensemble of above-ground buildings with adjacent territories and landscape areas, will be included in the Register of Monuments of the Republic of Moldova protected by the state.
Wholesale prices for pork increased by about 10-12% from mid-April to mid-May. If in the middle of last month industrial pig farms offered their products to meat processing plants at an average price of 64 lei/kg, by the middle of May the price reached an average of 70 lei/kg. This was reported to Logos Press correspondent by the Patronate of Meat Processing Industry Enterprises PÎIPC.
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 Spring Wine Vernissage, a landmark event for the wine industry, will bring together 43 wineries that produce wines with a protected geographical indication (IGP). An indicator of the region of origin, the typicality of the varieties used, and winemaking regulations, IGP has become the national standard for certifying the origin and quality of a product.
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.
Consumers in Moldova do not really understand the difference between wines with IGP and wines without IGP. Winemakers constantly talk about this. In domestic retail, these wines are not distinguished in any way, as it is customary, for example, in other countries. Therefore, even on the domestic market, it is difficult to sell wines with IGP more expensive, despite their higher quality and cost price.
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.
Moldovan winemaking companies say that one of the reasons for the decrease in the competitiveness of their products is the rise in the price of the bottle. Its main purchases are made in Moldova. In search of cheaper glass, winemakers turn to imports. They believe that the shift in their demand cannot but affect the main supplier of wine bottles to domestic wineries – Vetropack Chişinău.
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”.
