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Category: Export & Import
The Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan intends to restrict the import of apples into the country. The relevant order has been submitted for public comment. According to the draft, from August 1 through December 31, 2026, the import of apples into Kazakhstan by road, rail, and water is planned to be banned.
The Turkish government has decided to introduce a tariff quota on imports of sunflower seeds and unrefined sunflower oil. The document provides for preferential terms for importing raw materials to support the domestic processing industry and ensure a stable supply of vegetable oil to the domestic market.
Moldova’s leadership intends to finally recognize the Chinese market as strategically important for the country and to actively increase exports of domestic products to China.
Turkey will implement updated phytosanitary control regulations for wheat imports effective August 5, 2026. Under the new requirements, four fungal pathogens will be classified as prohibited for import with imported products. Their presence or absence will be determined based on the results of laboratory analysis.
This year, Moldova—which has traditionally been the largest importer of butter from Ukraine—increased its share by nearly 30%.
Officers from the Customs Service’s mobile unit stopped a Crafter vehicle—which had already entered our country—for a customs inspection in the vicinity of the city of Leușen. The minibus was traveling from the United Kingdom and was carrying several unaccompanied parcels.
From January through May 2026, slightly more than 1.42 million metric tons of cargo passed through the terminals of the Giurgiulești port complex. This cargo volume was distributed very unevenly across months, shipping destinations, and product categories.
This simplification of the transit procedure is provided for in the new transit information system (NCTS), which, overall, significantly improves customs procedures.
In May, the Moldovan grain market took on a pattern typical of the final months of the marketing season. The list of items in the “export basket” shrank from seven or eight to two main commodities: corn and wheat.
During an official inspection at the Moldovan border, inspectors from the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) discovered a shipment (21.5 metric tons) of rotten potatoes and will return it to the importer.
Tractor imports into Ukraine totaled $360 million in January–May 2026. This figure is 1.2% higher than the figure for the same period in 2025 ($355.9 million).
In the first five months of this year, Moldova imported more than 2,000 metric tons of Ukrainian cheese.
Two shipments (22 and 23 metric tons) of imported early potatoes were detained at border control checkpoints and returned to the sender by inspectors from the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA).
In April 2026, imports of goods exceeded exports by a factor of 3.4 for the first time in history. Consequently, the trade deficit for that month amounted to 642.5 million euros, which is 114.4 million euros, or 21.7%, higher than in April 2025.
Domestic producers who continue to export goods to Russia and Belarus need to be helped in finding new sales markets in light of the risks associated with the possible closure of these directions. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugen Osmochescu.
In May 2026, gasoline imports into Ukraine rose by nearly 30% compared to the previous month, reaching 90,300 metric tons.
Over the past two weeks, two vessels have been detained at the quay of the Giurgiulești International Free Port following inspections conducted by the Maritime Agency of the Republic of Moldova. For a port with a single operational berth, any prolonged vessel delay has a direct impact on the entire logistics flow, affecting carriers, economic operators, exporters, and importers, according to the Agrocereale Grain Exporters Association.
Based on the results of an inspection of the sanitary and veterinary measures implemented by Moldova’s National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) in the poultry sector, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection has recognized Moldova’s right to export hatching eggs to the Ukrainian market.
At the end of 2025, the Republic of Moldova ranked 9th among wine suppliers to Poland.
Spain has become the largest buyer of Ukrainian sunflower oil in the 2025/26 marketing season. At the same time, India, which a few months ago led the ranking of importers of this product from Ukraine, dropped to the second position.
