The volume of direct foreign investments in this period exceeded $6,257.3 mln. This volume includes equity capital in the amount of $4.3 bln (69.3%) and debt instruments in the amount of $1.9 bln (30.7%). At that, the share of debt instruments increased by 2.3%.
Among the foreign investors who came to the country in the third quarter of last year are such companies as Westing Management Solutions, a joint venture of Hungary, Moldova and Ukraine, part of the international group Westing Management (production and storage of solar energy); Heisterkamp Transportation Solutions, one of the continental leaders in the field of transportation and logistics; Cornelius Electronics, a British company that will invest about 5 million euros in the expansion of production in the industrial park Edinets.
Net FDI inflows for the first 9 months of 2025 reached $308.7 million, a 38% increase compared to $223.3 million for the same period in 2024. The third quarter of 2025 saw a significant increase in reinvested earnings of $117.31 million (+25.3% compared to the second quarter), reflecting the continued expansion of investments by existing investors and Moldova’s growing attractiveness for follow-on investments.
Exports of both goods and services were strong in the third quarter of 2025. Exports of goods increased by 22.3% to $1,025.05 million, boosted by a 45.3% increase in agricultural exports.
Services exports totaled $911.64 million, up 21.4% year-on-year, with broad-based growth: tourism services jumped 28.2% to $309.36 million (33.9% of total services), ICT services rose 26.7% to $215.62 million (23.7%), and transportation services increased 9.1% to $179.09 million (19.6%). For the period January through September 2025, exports of services reached $2,017.9 million, an increase of 15.5%.
