Economy of Moldova
The state of table grape plantations after overwintering is assessed by experts of the Moldovan winegrowing industry as “satisfactory, but not brilliant”.
The price of diesel fuel, which will be applied over the weekend, increased by more than 1 leu and exceeded 32 lei per liter.
In January-February 2026, the social fund’s revenues exceeded its expenses by 1,239 billion lei. As a result, the execution of the state social insurance budget was completed with a surplus.
According to data provided by SA Energocom, for Friday, March 27, 2026, a significant electricity shortage is forecast for the peak hours (18:00-22:00) due to insufficient available import capacity.
Almost 1.5 thousand Moldovan farmers received agro-technological and financial assistance under the project “Emergency support for response to extreme drought conditions through sorghum promotion and animal feed distribution”. The project was implemented in the Republic of Moldova by the United Nations Organization for Agriculture (FAO) in partnership with the Government of Japan.
The Customs Service has improved its position in terms of state budget execution. While in January of this year it undercollected excise duties by almost 100 million lei, in two months, in January and February 2026, the revenues of the Customs Service, although not significantly (by 1%), exceeded the funds collected for the same period in 2025.
According to the census-2024, of the 2,409,200 permanent residents of the country, 1,119,000 people chose to live in urban areas (46.4%) and 1,290,200 people chose to live in rural areas (53.6%).
A group of deputies proposes to amend the provisions of the Tax Code relating to the registration of enterprises as VAT payers. Provided that their proposals are adopted by Parliament, the procedure for revoking this status will be simplified.
Ludmila Catlabuga, head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of MAIA, discussed the support of reforms in the agro-food sector and the implementation of international standards in the wine sector with the Ambassador of the French Republic Dominique Waag and Maxim Lebovici, director of the French Development Agency (AFD) representative office in Moldova.
Barley in Moldova is one of the most stable crops of the grain group in recent seasons. Its export volumes are moderately progressive, prices are growing. Not a typical, but striking fact: in the 2025/26 season, the average price of barley exceeded the average price of wheat. Nevertheless, the area of barley planted for the 2026 harvest in the country, according to experts of the Ministry of Agriculture, has not increased for a number of reasons.
The average pension in the Republic of Moldova covers only 42% of living expenses, placing the country among the countries with the lowest pension provision in Europe.
The needs and opportunities for the development of the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System (AKIS) for farmers in the Republic of Moldova were identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) and the Center for Agricultural Consultants (CCAR) during a joint meeting with development partners – representatives of the PL Solidarity Fund in Moldova and the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Republic of Moldova.
European integration cannot remain just a political project,” says former PDS MP Olesia Stamate. – It must become a citizens’ project based on trust, social cohesion and concrete results.
As a result of face-to-face inspections carried out by inspectors of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) at the border points of the Republic of Moldova, a consignment of 10.5 tons of poor-quality imported dried fruit mixture (apples, apricots, plums, cherries) was detected.
Russia suspended ammonium nitrate exports for a month. Exports will resume on April 21. The ministry explained this by the priority of providing fertilizers to Russian farmers during spring field work. The exception will be deliveries under intergovernmental agreements.
Forța Fermierilor, an association of grain and oilseed producers, will fight for the sector of these products, which are grown annually on about 85% of Moldova’s total land area, to be included in the Strategic Program of Agrarian Policy (PSPA). This document should also contain an EU directive to reimburse agrarians for excise duties on diesel fuel on a permanent basis.
Problems with the quality of Argentine sunflower imported to the Black Sea countries this spring are changing the balance on the market of the region in a paradoxical way. On the one hand, there is nominally more raw material. On the other hand, the actual supply of sunflower suitable for processing into food and fodder has not increased in the regional market. Obviously, such a contradiction between expectation and reality in the very near future will be reflected in the regional sunflower prices.
In 2025, 23,118 crimes were registered in Moldova, 1,481 cases or 6.02% less than a year earlier.
UPDATED. The Moldovan government imposes an emergency situation in the energy sector for 60 days. For this purpose, extraordinary sessions of the Government and Parliament will be held on Tuesday, March 24.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released a report that may be more important than any financial summary: the planet is experiencing a record energy imbalance, with heat accumulation unprecedented in the history of measurements.
