News about Agribusiness

Prime Minister Vasile Tofan is proposing to revise the procedure for granting tax breaks on reinvested profits following an incident involving a small business in the village of Gidigich, Chisinau Municipality, which lost its right to a zero income tax rate on reinvested profits because it filed its tax return seven days late.

In July 2026, just over 84,000 metric tons of rapeseed were exported from the Republic of Moldova. Last year, the volume of shipments during that month was nearly a third higher—about 119,000 metric tons. Market operators believe that the problem lies not in limited demand, but in inflated price expectations and limited transportation logistics capacity.

Colombian coffee exports have been virtually paralyzed following a powerful earthquake that disrupted key transportation routes to the country’s Pacific coast.

The Ministry of Finance is continuing its dialogue with farmers to find solutions that will support them while also promoting the sector’s development.

Last week, the Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments authorized the payment of 56.28 million lei to farmers from the National Fund for Agricultural and Rural Development.

This year, Italian winemakers headed out to the vineyards well before dawn. In Franciacorta, one of the country’s leading sparkling wine-producing regions, the harvest began on August 2—10 days earlier than last year. Workers start picking around 4 a.m., cutting the bunches by the light of floodlights.

Certain pork products imported into Moldova will be sent to a laboratory to determine their meat and fat content if customs authorities have doubts about the accuracy of their tariff classification.

The Agency for Agricultural Interventions and Payments (AIPA) announced the start of financial aid payments to farmers whose corn and sunflower crops were damaged by drought and extreme heat in 2025.

Beekeepers in the village of Costesti, in the Ialoveni District, account for 40% of all honey exports from the Republic of Moldova.

Foreigners accounted for 58% of all new jobs created in Spain in the year ending in June 2026. Their number in the social security system rose by 350,200 people—nearly 100,000 more than the number of new workers with Spanish citizenship.

Two records are being prepared for the second “Produs Autohton” (“Domestic Product”) National Exhibition. The event will feature Moldova’s largest cherry placinta, as well as a massive woven rug measuring 48 square meters.

The Moldsilva Agency has announced a government procurement contract for the purchase of 12 unmanned aerial vehicles—two for agricultural use and ten for inspection purposes. The total estimated cost of the procurement is 2.5 million lei, excluding VAT.

The drought problem is most acute in the south of the country, where the highest number of water stress episodes has been recorded. Under these conditions, the authorities are proposing to explore the possibility of reusing treated wastewater to irrigate agricultural land. For example, in the Kahul, Kantemir, and Keushen districts, an additional 1,817 hectares could be irrigated with treated wastewater. This would increase the total area of irrigated land by approximately 40%.

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.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the rise in prices in July was driven by a 3.4% increase in the cereal price index compared to the previous month. Wheat prices rose particularly sharply—by 5.8%. This was due to concerns about disruptions to exports from the Black Sea and damage caused by heat waves in key agricultural regions.

Finance Minister Victoria Belous revealed some details of the draft budget and tax policy for 2027 that pertain to businesses. 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry organized consultations on the Strategic Program for the Development of Aquaculture for 2026–2030 (PSSA) with the participation of representatives from associations in the fish and aquaculture production and processing sectors.

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.

Winemakers in southeastern France are facing a new threat in the wake of massive wildfires: even the grapes that survived may be unsuitable for winemaking due to what is known as a “smoky aftertaste.” Producers fear that the aftermath of the fires will cause the industry no less damage than the fires themselves.