News about International trade

In 2025, the Moldovan wine sector showed growth in the main indicators. The harvest of technical grape varieties amounted to 259 thousand tons, which was higher than the initial forecast of 220 thousand tons. This was reported by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Andrian Digolian.

There are great opportunities for cooperation between Moldova and Azerbaijan in the energy sector. This was mentioned during the meeting of Presidents of the two countries Maya Sandu and Ilham Aliyev in Antalya on the margins of the annual diplomatic forum.

The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has stopped large consignments of imported vegetables – green crops – at the Moldovan border “with clear signs of spoilage”.

Moldovan autochthonous grape varieties Fetjaska Albă and Fetjaska Năgre were included in the permanent exposition of one of the most famous wine museums in the world – Cité du Vin in Bordeaux.

Economic and military competition has intensified under Trump, but many experts consider him only a “symptom” of the global restructuring of the world system. The Brookings Institution predicts a continuing trend toward national and regional self-sufficiency through the painful scrapping of the old. Its arguments are cited by Mike Dolan, a Reuters columnist.

INATECH Packaging, a Romanian packaging solutions provider present in Central and Eastern Europe, launches in Moldova a digital platform aimed at corporate and retail customers.

Corn exports from the Republic of Moldova are not limited to the supply of this grain as a raw material. A significant part of the harvest goes a longer way to international markets – in the form of ethanol produced at the country’s processing plants. Ethanol (and its by-products – feed additives) accounts for 44% of the value chain of Moldova’s corn sector.

About 20 Moldovan wineries have increased exports to new markets under the WESA grant program “Promotion and Export of Moldovan Wine”.

Romania has set a record for wheat exports in the 2025-26 season. According to Eurostat, in July-January the country shipped the largest volume to foreign markets for this period, exceeding the average for the last five years by 2 million tons.

The Regulation on the strengthening of state control, jointly exercised by the authorized bodies, over products of animal origin, including breeding material and processed products, was approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the RM.

The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has detected and destroyed a 25-ton shipment of imported rice harmful to the health of consumers.

Moldovan MPs have informed the US authorities about the decision to cancel customs duties on the overwhelming majority of goods imported from the USA. This was said during official meetings of the Moldovan parliamentary delegation with representatives of the US Senate and Congress in Washington.

Moldova will officially leave the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on April 8, 2027, Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi told reporters on Wednesday after a government meeting.

Since the end of last week, the wholesale price of yellow onions has been increasing at the Moldovan fruit and vegetable market. According to market operators, during the pre-holiday period the product was sold at 3 lei/kg, today it is difficult to buy it at 4.5 lei/kg.

Romania’s current account deficit narrowed markedly to 3.19 billion euros in January-February, down from 3.64 billion euros in the same period last year, according to data released by Romania’s central bank on Wednesday, April 15.

In February 2026, Moldova imported goods worth 822.2 million euros, which is 1.5% less compared to February 2025. This is the first time in many years when the National Bureau of Statistics records a negative import dynamics.

The dollar is nearing six-week lows as hopes for talks with Iran offset the military risk premium, dampening hopes for a constructive outcome to U.S.-Iran talks and raising risk appetite among investors in financial markets.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has set new maximum fuel prices that will be effective April 16.

The reorganization of the central apparatus of the Foreign Ministry foresees an increase in the staff number by 35 units – from 161 to 196 employees (+22%) and an annual financial effect of 13.86 million lei.

For exporters of wheat from the Republic of Moldova, the marketing season 2025-26 is unfolding ambiguously – the physical volume of external supplies has increased, but average export prices are decreasing. As a result, the financial and economic effect is relatively small.