Moldova Exports Nearly 773,000 Tonnes of Wheat in Four Months

Between July and October, Moldova exported over 772,000 tonnes of wheat worth 2.96 billion lei

Between July and October 2026, nearly 772.9 thousand tonnes of wheat were exported from Moldova – 47.8 per cent more than in the same period last year (nearly 523 thousand tonnes). In the current decade, exports of Moldovan wheat were higher only in the 2021/22 marketing year, when around 833.2 thousand tonnes of the commodity were shipped abroad between July and October.

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During the specified period of this year, the financial value of wheat exports from Moldova amounted to 2.96 billion lei, an increase of 60.2 per cent compared with last year (1.85 billion).

The average export price of Moldovan wheat during the specified period of 2026 was 3.83 lei/kg – the highest figure in the last four years, and 8.5 per cent higher than in July–October 2025. However, as noted by agri-marketing expert Iurie Riza, logistics costs have doubled compared with the previous marketing season; consequently, ‘a significant portion of the rise in the export price reflects increased transport costs’. In other words, the purchase prices for wheat offered by exporters to Moldovan farmers this season are lower than last season.

In the first four months of the 2026/27 marketing year, Romania was the main buyer of Moldovan wheat – almost 287,000 tonnes, accounting for 37.3 per cent of the export volume, at an average price of 3.76 lei per kg. Further down the list of buyers for this commodity are Italy, Israel, Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. The European Union accounted for almost 68 per cent of wheat exports from Moldova during the period in question.

However, Moldovan wheat was exported at the highest invoice prices to Turkey (4.25 lei/kg) and Israel (4.10 lei/kg).

This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

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