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Since the early 2000s, 50 thousand hectares of commercial vineyards of technical varieties have disappeared in Moldova. In 2001, 108 thousand hectares were occupied by vine plantations, in 2024 – 58.8 thousand hectares. And this trend continues, – reports Logos Press.
Only early varieties of walnut orchards, mostly of local selection, suffered to some extent from April frosts. The medium- and late-maturing walnut orchards of French and American selection, at first impression, were not affected,” Logos Press reports.
For the 3rd grant competition for livestock farmers, farmers requested grants in the amount of $8.7 million, and the total investment amount for the proposed projects exceeds $21.2 million, Logos press reports.
In the season of 2024 in Moldova wineries processed 179 thousand tons of grapes, which is 32% less than in the previous year, – reports Logos Press.
A two-week wave of April frosts destroyed more than 80 percent of sugar beet crops,” Logos Press reported.
At the end of the second week of April, the first imported potatoes of the 2025 harvest appeared in Moldovan retail stores,” Logos Press reports.
The second State Investment Support Agreement was signed on April 11 between the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization and Axedum Group, which is a family business in agriculture,” Logos Press reported.
In recent years, a new direction has appeared in Moldovan exports: shipments are made to importing companies in European and American countries, the owners of which are our compatriots who permanently reside there. Thanks to them, new markets are developing that are difficult to penetrate.
The introduction of 31% duties for Moldova by the USA not only creates problems with exports to this country, which has become one of the main markets for Moldovan alcohol. There will be more serious consequences for Moldovan exports in the not very distant future.
An abnormally long period of low average daily temperatures in April is not only a risk of early perennial and annual crops freezing, but also a very high risk of poor pollination,” according to Logos Press.
Economists around the world used to consider customs duties as a mechanism of total protection (“carpet bombing”) and long-term action. But stereotypes are changing. No sooner Moldovan exporters were frightened by the “adult” duty of 31% imposed by the USA on goods from Moldova, than President Trump announced a 90-day pause on their application. And a 10% tariff freeze for many countries around the world that have demonstrated loyalty. Including Moldova, according to the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova. In this regard, some Moldovan exporters began to move away from the initial shock.
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.
In March 2025, large-scale exports of sunflower from Moldova continued,” Logos Press reports.
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.
