News about International trade

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has published new maximum prices that will apply to petroleum products starting tomorrow, August 11.

Customs Service officials conducted three searches in southern Moldova as part of a criminal investigation into the smuggling of tobacco products.

U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he is prepared to intensify economic pressure on Iran rather than order a new military offensive.

Moldova is preparing proposals to provide Ukraine with 20 locomotives.

From August 3 to 9, 2026, revenue from the Customs Service to the state budget totaled more than 847.3 million lei. Since the beginning of this year, approximately 25.42 billion lei has been collected for the state treasury, representing 102.5% of the target.

The Republic of Moldova is developing a new set of regulations for seagoing vessels that will be eligible to fly the Moldovan flag in the future.

Adrian Rezmeriță, a native of Moldova, has opened numerous Polonez stores in Ireland that sell goods from Eastern Europe, including Romania. The local Moldovan-Romanian diaspora is among the stores’ primary target customers.

It is now only possible to travel by bus from Chisinau to Odessa via northern Moldova—more specifically, via the Otach-Mogilev-Podolsky border crossing. The reason for the route change is today’s shelling of the Odessa region and damage to the road bridge in the village of Mayaki-Udobnoye.

MP Alla Darovannaia believes that the procedure for appointing ambassadors of the Republic of Moldova needs to be changed to give Parliament a more significant role in confirming nominees.

According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, as of August 8, Europe had filled its underground storage facilities to 58.3% capacity, injecting 63.7 billion cubic meters of gas into them. This is the lowest level for this period in the last 15 years. At the same time, the situation looks even more dire in some countries: in Germany, storage facilities are less than 50% full, and in the Netherlands, less than 40%.

Although Ukraine has increased its meat exports 33-fold this year, Moldova purchases virtually no meat from Ukraine.

Moldova and Ukraine intend to increase the throughput capacity of border crossings and reduce wait times for freight vehicles. This was announced by Moldova’s Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development, Vladimir Bolya, following a visit to Ukraine.

On Saturday, an unidentified drone exploded over Bulgarian territory near the border with Romania.

Due to disruptions at Black Sea ports, Ukraine will be able to export about 29.6 million metric tons this season, which is 54% lower than the previous estimate of 64.4 million metric tons, according to the country’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Wheat exports could fall by 53%—to 8.3 million metric tons—compared with an earlier forecast.

On August 7, 2026, the U.S. Senate confirmed Joseph Burkhalter as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Moldova. The position had been vacant for more than two years following the conclusion of the mission of the previous ambassador, Kent Logsdon, in May 2024.

Moldova will appoint ambassadors to countries in Africa and Latin America. The diplomats will be based in Chisinau and will periodically visit countries where bilateral relations need to be developed.

Automatic citizenship by birthplace is still in effect in 33 countries. Most of these countries are located in North, Central, and South America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Outside the Western Hemisphere, this practice is much less common.

The lines of trucks at the border between Ukraine and the European Union grew by nearly 48% over the past 24 hours, exceeding 7,300 vehicles; however, Ukrainian authorities say there is no sign of a transportation collapse yet.

The transfer of Mărculești Airport’s assets to the E. Doga Chisinau International Airport will be completed next week. Mărculești Airport plans to focus primarily on cargo transportation and charter flights during the summer.

The Romanian company Transgaz has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. company Argent LNG to explore investments in one of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States, with the aim of ensuring energy security in Central and Eastern Europe and facilitating the transport of U.S. gas to the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, and other countries in the region via Romanian infrastructure.