Send us a message, and we will definitely consider your suggestions and comments.
Category: Export & Import
Moldovan entrepreneurs are invited to participate in an economic mission to Vienna. The event will bring together representatives of the business communities of Moldova and Austria and provide opportunities for B2B meetings, finding new partners, expanding exports, and attracting investment.
Customs Service officials conducted three searches in southern Moldova as part of a criminal investigation into the smuggling of tobacco products.
From August 3 to 9, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 847.3 million lei. Since the beginning of this year, approximately 25.42 billion lei has been collected for the state treasury, representing 102.5% of the target.
Although Ukraine has increased its meat exports 33-fold this year, Moldova purchases virtually no meat from Ukraine.
Due to disruptions at Black Sea ports, Ukraine will be able to export about 29.6 million metric tons this season, which is 54% lower than the previous estimate of 64.4 million metric tons, according to the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Wheat exports could fall by 53%—to 8.3 million metric tons—compared with an earlier forecast.
Moldovan Prime Minister Vasile Tofan stated that the government has no plans to impose restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports, despite demands from some local farmers. According to him, there is no basis for such measures, since Ukrainian grain has not actually entered the Moldovan market this season.
From July 27 to August 2, 2026, revenues from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 988.7 million lei, which is 117.3% higher than the target for the reporting period.
The All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council and the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Business Club are asking Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky to postpone the increase in Ukrzaliznytsia’s freight rates—scheduled for August— by 30% and to review its pricing policy. Otherwise, the cost of shipping Ukrainian grain to the Romanian port of Constanța could rise to $60–70 per metric ton.
The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which owns the terminal and pipeline, issued a statement announcing another shutdown just two days after resuming oil loading onto tankers in Novorossiysk following a week-long hiatus.
Romania remained Moldova’s largest trading partner: in 2025, trade between the two countries reached €3.9 billion, an increase of approximately 15%. These figures were cited during a meeting between Prime Minister Vasile Tofan and Romanian Ambassador Cristian-Leon Țurcanu.
The Customs Service has clarified the value limit for goods that can be imported into Moldova without paying customs duties.
Officers from the Moldovan Customs Service, in collaboration with officers from the Main Border Police Inspectorate, are investigating a case involving the smuggling of 7,200,000 cigarettes, which were being transported from Ukraine to Romania and concealed among 15 metric tons of strawberries.
Over the past week, wheat futures prices on the European stock exchange Euronext rose by an average of 18%. This occurred despite favorable forecasts for the harvest of Group 1 grains in many European countries. The reason is the near-total blockade of Ukrainian ports and the sharply increased risks to shipping in the Black Sea.
The Allseeds Group, one of the world’s largest operators in the oilseed market, has announced the suspension of its operations in Ukraine. The decision was made due to the extremely high risks to the lives and safety of its employees, as well as to its production facilities.
“It all started with apple shipments—and that’s how it will continue. Dried fruit shipments will be added.” This was the central theme of the speech by Iurie Fala, executive director of the “Moldova Fruct” Association, at the Moldovan-Indian business forum held in Chisinau.
In June 2026, Moldova imported nearly 1,300 metric tons of sunflower oil worth 36.7 million lei. The main suppliers were Ukraine, Russia, and Romania. The main buyers were large companies. These figures are included in a review of sunflower oil imports into the Moldovan market by Yuri Rizi, an expert in agromarketing.
In July, the price of barley in Moldova ranged from 2.9 to 3 lei per kilogram. This is despite the fact that market operators note an unusually early start to the 2026/27 marketing season and a relatively low starting price for the first export shipment of Moldovan barley at the end of June—3.19 lei/kg (last year’s starting price was 3.40 lei/kg).
From July 13 to 19, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 847.2 million lei, representing 100.5% of the target for the reporting period.
After analyzing the commodity structure of Moldova’s exports and imports for January through March of this year, economist Vladimir Golovatiuc reached conclusions that were “disappointing, to say the least.”
Last month, Moldova exported 151,500 metric tons of grain crops worth 620.3 million lei. Compared to the previous month, Moldovan grain exports fell by 13.9% in volume and 11.4% in value, which is typical for the final month of the marketing season.
