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In January, grain traders note a surge in export shipments of Kazakh wheat – 761 thousand tons (+66% to January 2025). Including to distant markets last month Kazakhstan shipped 261 thousand tons of grain. Market analysts attribute these facts to the resumption of the program of payment of transport subsidies to exporters, reports Logos Press.

In January 2026, more than 106 thousand tons of sunflower were exported from Moldova, which is an unprecedented volume for this month of the marketing season, Logos Press reported.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia presented data on exports of apples, which last year reached a record level of 20.6 thousand tons of products worth $14 million, Logos Press reports.

The third quarter of last year was unusually successful for the Moldovan economy: the country’s GDP grew by more than 5% in three months, outpacing many neighboring countries, Logos Press reports.

European Union countries have sharply reduced soft wheat imports, with the geography of supply changing dramatically, Logos Press reports.

Thanks to the adaptation of logistics chains, Transnistria is becoming more and more firmly embedded in the European market – almost three quarters of its exports and almost half of its imports come from the European Union, Logos Press reports.

Ukrainian corn exports have slowed to their lowest level in seven years despite a good harvest last year, according to Logos Press.

Exports of services from Moldova in the period from January to September 2025 showed strong growth, outpacing exports of goods for the first time in history, Logos Press reports.

Russian pipeline gas exports to Europe via the Turkish Stream pipeline totaled just 18 billion cubic meters in 2025, the lowest since 1975, Logos Press reported.

Economic stagnation continues. Even the 5.2% GDP growth in the third quarter, thanks to a successful agricultural year, cannot refute this thesis. Even if the economy returns to positive territory by the end of 2025 (+2% GDP for the first three quarters), this acceleration will not allow for a full recovery from the 2022 downturn. Experts speak of a “technical recession” and “recovery growth,” noting the limited potential of the current development model, based on consumption and dependent on the vagaries of the weather, including political weather.

In the first ten months of 2025, exports of goods from Moldova, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, totaled $3035.3 million, up 2.9% compared to the corresponding period of 2024.

From August to October, the Moldovan grain market was strongly losing out to the oilseed market in terms of turnover. It was sunflower and rapeseed, as well as their processed products, that contributed most to the growth of Moldovan GDP in the second half of 2025. However, in November, grain began to equalize the sharply negative market balance with oilseeds.