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Category: Export & Import
Export of goods from Moldova decreased by 11.3% year-on-year in the period from January to April and amounted to $1077.1 million. At the same time, import of foreign goods increased by 16.2% and reached $3407.9 million. Accordingly, the trade balance deficit increased by 35.7% compared to the same period last year and amounted to $2330.8 million.
The Customs Service urged the participants of Moldova’s foreign economic activity to strictly comply with the requirements for issuing preferential certificates for deliveries to other countries in the free trade regime and to seek advice from the competent authorities in case of need,” Logos Press reports.
The Council of the European Union has decided to grant Moldova equivalence to the EU requirements regarding field inspections and standards for the production of seeds of forage crops, Logos Press reports.
The Romanian state has decided to establish permanent official phytosanitary control at some border crossing points (BCPs) with Moldova and Ukraine,” Logos Press reported.
Residents of Moldovan free economic zones invested $32.4 million in development in 2024, down 32% from the previous year,” Logos Press reported.
A comprehensive (global) guarantee offers numerous benefits to economic operators, reducing costs and ensuring the smooth flow of goods without delays in cross-border trade transactions,” according to Logos Press.
The ranking of the most exported goods from Moldova in January-March 2025 was headed by wires, cables and other conductors; sunflower seeds and wines from fresh grapes, including fortified ones, – Logos Press reports.
According to data from Ukrainian consulting company ExPro Electricity, obtained from operational sources, Ukraine’s electricity imports rose by 3.6% in May 2025 compared to the previous month, while exports fell by 40%,” Logos Press reported.
The Customs Service has distributed information for economic operators on the advantages and conditions of applying the customs warehousing regime – a modern tool that allows storing foreign goods under customs control, without immediate payment of import duties and VAT, – reports Logos Press.
Belgorod-Dnistrovsky port and a division of the Danish company Maersk (occupying the second place in the world in the field of container transportation with a market share in 2024 14.6%) plan to launch a ferry route from Poti (Georgia) – reports Logos Press.
The process of requesting preferential certificates of origin when exporting goods will become faster, more efficient and more transparent, and the interaction with the customs authority will be carried out exclusively through the system’s internal messages,” according to Logos Press.
Romanian yogurt exports to third markets (outside the European Union) in 2024 exceeded the 5,000 tons mark for the first time. The largest buyer of the product was the Republic of Moldova, Logos Press reported.
The Ukrainian Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade has extended the protection of local producers from unfair imports, Logos Press reported citing the Ukrainian Economy Ministry.
In addition to current gas supplies from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, Ukraine may soon start importing through the Trans-Balkan corridor,” Logos Press reported.
The state-owned company Romgaz, the largest producer and operator of natural gas storage in Romania, as well as an electricity producer, has estimated that the subsidiary Romgaz Furnizare M SRL, which it created in our country, could cover up to 30% of Moldova’s natural gas needs, – Logos Press reports.
Gasoline imports to Moldova in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 3% – up to 43.87 thousand tons, – reports Logos Press.
From April 2024 to April 2025, only about 138 thousand tons of corn were exported from Moldova, which is 68% less than the previous season (434 thousand tons), – reports Logos Press with reference to the Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale.
The largest buyers of Ukrainian cheese in January-April 2025 were Moldova (34.8%), Kazakhstan (33.3%), as well as Germany (8.1%), – reports Logos Press.
In the period January-April 2025, the total volume of Moldovan wheat exports amounted to only 215.5 thousand tons, which is 48% less than in the same period last year (415 thousand tons) – reports Logos Press with reference to the Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale.
April 2025 was marked by a rare anomaly in the foreign trade of sunflower meal produced in Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
