News about Customs Service
The Ministry of Finance proposes imposing a fine for resubmitting a customs declaration and granting customs officials the authority to conduct searches in cases involving administrative offenses.
Officers of the Moldovan Customs Service foiled two attempts to smuggle weapons and ammunition.
The Customs Service (CS) has released its revenue figures for the first five months of 2026. Overall, revenue has increased, although excise taxes on imported cars, gas, and wine have declined slightly compared to last year.
Between June 8 and 14, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 807.8 million lei, and since the beginning of this year, approximately 18.4 billion lei has been collected, representing 102.8% of the target.
According to the National Program for the Republic of Moldova’s Accession to the European Union (PNA), the deadline for the full implementation and harmonization of national customs legislation with EU standards is set for the end of 2026.
Customs officers at Chisinau International Airport, after checking the luggage of a passenger arriving on the route Istanbul – Chisinau, found in it medicines worth about 5000 euros.
In the period from June 1 to June 7, 2026, revenues from the Customs Service to the state budget amounted to more than 749 million lei, which is 114.1% higher than the benchmark for the reporting period.
The revenues of the Customs Service (SMC), transferred to the state budget last week, amounted to more than 863.4 million lei.
On Children’s Day, Customs officers greeted young passengers with a gesture symbolizing care for them.
The Customs Service informs that the follow-up checks carried out between May 4 and May 29, 2026, revealed additional customs liabilities amounting to MDL 3.89 million, which will be recovered and transferred to the state budget.
Skuleni Customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle a shipment of drones and drone accessories out of the country.
Romanian customs officers have discovered another batch of smuggled cigarettes and alcohol, freely exported from Moldova for recipients in European Union countries, including Italy.
Representatives of customs authorities, border police and law enforcement agencies from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Italy, as well as representatives of international and regional organizations, including FRONTEX, OLAF, EUROPOL, ICMPD and SELEC, participated in an international conference on combating illicit trafficking of goods held in Bucharest on 26 May.
Customs is developing modern IT solutions for postal processing in collaboration with UNCTAD and the business community.
The Customs Service reports revenues of more than 846.6 million lei for the previous week. This is 2.4 percent more than planned, the press service of the agency said.
Prospects for expanding cooperation in strategic areas were discussed on 12 May by the leadership of the Moldovan Customs Service and representatives of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who are on a working visit to Chisinau.
As of September 1, 2026, the procedure of export from the customs territory of vehicles delivered to Moldova under the regime of temporary importation will change.
Sixteen Customs officers from the Risk Analysis and Customs Services Directorate participated in a theoretical and practical training course entitled “Working with X-ray scanning equipment, analysis and interpretation of scanned images”, organized within the framework of the Customs Service Training Center.
In the period of May 4-10, 2026, the Customs Service’s revenues to the state budget amounted to 1.0 billion lei, which constitutes the fulfillment of the benchmark of 107.1% for the reporting period.
Strengthening institutional capacity to implement carbon tax mechanisms and green transition policies was discussed at a regional workshop in Vienna. Moldova was represented at the event by Caroline Gargaun, Deputy Director of the Customs Service.
