News about Industry
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.
For some Moldovan farmers, the sowing campaign-2026 is just beginning. And for Moldovan sugar beet growers, it should have already ended. But the sowing of sugar beet has been delayed. Visions for its harvest and domestic sugar production are vague. The situation with sugar import is close to scandalous. But let’s talk about everything in order.
In the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine’s agriculture became one of the most “sagging” sectors in terms of the number of new company registrations. During this period, 360 new businesses were registered in the industry – this is 24% less than in the past. This is reported by YC Market.
The total volume of attracted investments in six free economic zones (FEZ) of the Republic of Moldova reached $1122.8 million by the end of 2025.
Deputy Parliament Speaker Vlad Batrincea, during his visit to the Chinese city of Foshan, officially invited the leadership of the companies Haitian Machinery and China Lesso Group to visit Moldova. The initiative is aimed at establishing a potential partnership, implementing advanced industrial solutions. To study the experience, the Moldovan delegation visited the production sites of the leading Chinese corporations.
The world’s largest manufacturer, the Malaysian company Karex (which produces Durex, Trojan and other brands), has announced its intention to raise prices by 20-30% or more. Some countries (e.g. Russia) have already seen an increase in retail prices for condoms, including due to logistics costs associated with the Middle East conflict.
Boeing reported revenue of $22.2 billion for the first quarter of 2026, up 14% from the same period in 2025. The company recorded a net loss of $7 million, with a loss per share of $0.11.
According to Alpan Akpece, General Director of Efes Moldova, the enterprise has completed a large investment project on modernization of production lines – the most important one both for the company itself and for the development of the brewing industry of the country.
From the beginning of next year, employers will be exempted from the obligation to fill in the “AM Occupational Accidents” questionnaire. This eliminates double reporting of incidents involving the temporary disability of an employee.
By the end of 2025, Kazakhstan recorded a net inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI), excluding reinvested earnings, of $0.6 billion – for the first time in seven years.
The authorities have initiated changes in the legislation establishing zero customs duty on imports of any raw materials, primary products and equipment intended for production purposes.
A trend towards massive reduction in the number of employees and vacancies has been noted by employers in Poland since the beginning of 2026. Key labor market indicators show a gradual cooling of economic activity.
In January-February 2026 (cumulative since the beginning of the current year), as compared to the same period of the last year, industrial production in Moldova increased by 2.4%.
With the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States and Iran, shipping companies are looking to expand their capacity, especially in the ultra-large crude oil tanker (VLCC) segment, which can carry about 2 million barrels of oil per voyage.
The Government establishes the Authority for Investigation of Antidumping, Countervailing and Safeguard Measures. The new structure is designed to promptly respond to threats to national producers and ensure fair competition.
In October 2025, the Moldovan government imposed a de facto ban on sugar imports from Serbia to the Moldovan market for a period of 200 days under the pretext of protecting the sector. This measure was presented as a supportive measure to give local sugar producers another hypothetical chance to “perk up”. Even at the cost of quite real sacrifices imposed on the entire food industry of Moldova. Let us assess what happened in the end.
The authorities are taking strict control over the extraction of minerals and intend to introduce European standards of subsoil monitoring. The draft mandatory reporting developed by the Ministry of Environment will affect all subsoil users and for the first time will force them to take into account even hidden valuable components in dumps.
The state decided not to keep the 30.08% stake in Alimentarmash JSC. It is included in the privatization list administered by the Public Property Agency.
Ferroalloy enterprises of Ukraine almost stopped exporting products according to the results of Q1 2026.
Paper products account for almost half of the waste generated by companies, but instead of recycling most of it ends up being thrown away.
