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.
Moldovan customs authorities stopped an attempt to smuggle commemorative coins and items of historical value hidden from inspection at the Leuseni checkpoint.
As an effective tool to support the economic environment and reduce the final cost of goods, the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization promotes the use of a final destination customs regime. This measure allows the application of preferential tariff treatment to certain imported goods, provided that they are used for specific economic purposes.