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Moldovan authorities have temporarily banned the import of poultry meat and by-products from Ukraine due to the risk of producers using banned metronidazole, Logos Press reported.

During 2025, state-owned Energocom purchased more than 3,400 thousand MWh of electricity as part of its utility obligations, of which about 90% was imported, Logos Press reported.

In January-November 2025, Ukraine exported 121.53 thousand tons of dairy products worth $375.43 million, Logos Press reported.

The Forța Fermierilor Association calls on the Moldovan authorities to resume licensing of grain and oilseed crops from Ukraine by a special state commission from the beginning of 2026 – as “an essential measure to protect local production and ensure genuine Moldovan exports to European markets”, Logos Press reports.

Due to large-scale supplies of soybean meal from Ukraine to Moldova, the price of this commodity on the Moldovan market has significantly decreased, which is good for local livestock farmers, but bad for local soybean processors.

Due to large-scale deliveries of soybean meal from Ukraine to Moldova, the price of this commodity on the Moldovan market has significantly decreased, which is good for local livestock farmers, but bad for soybean processors, Logos Press reports.

In the first ten months of 2025, the total value of goods imported to Moldova amounted to 158.4 billion lei, – Logos Press reports citing the country’s Customs Service.

In January-September 2025, Ukraine exported 12.7 thousand tons of butter, which is 2.4 times more than in the same period last year, Logos Press reported citing data from the Ukrainian State Customs Service.

Among 35 European countries, Moldova ranks second after Luxembourg in terms of net electricity imports,” Logos Press reported.

In the first nine months of 2025, Moldova imported approximately 3.65 thousand tons of cheese from Ukraine, Logos Press reported.

Several EU countries, including Romania, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, have increased their energy imports from Russia in 2025, and in doing so are “fueling Russia’s military economy”, according to Logos Press.

The sugar season has not yet passed the conditional equator. A lot of sugar beet is still wet in the fields, and it will be good if it does not freeze later. But sugar growers and Moldovan authorities have no doubts that in 2025-26 marketing year the country will have enough of its own sugar (and some more European sugar for balance).