The cost of health insurance for 2026 remained at the same level as in previous years – 12,636 lei, as well as the benefits for payment in the first three months of the year for some categories of people,” Logos Press reported.

Wholesale sales of potatoes and vegetables of the so-called “borscht set” on the Moldovan domestic market this fall decreased by about 25-30%. And this is despite the stagnation and decrease in prices for these agricultural products, Logos Press reports.

In Moldova, the harvest campaign of table grapes of late varieties is nearing completion. The task is likely to be completed as early as this week. The problem is that the 2025/26 marketing season, which was initially seen as one of the best in the five-year period, may end up being one of the worst. At the very least, for the reason that in some wine-growing regions between a third and a half of the table grape crop has gone to processing at modest prices, according to Logos Press.

The demand price for export quality “Moldova” grapes last week fluctuated within 14-16 lei/kg, which experts consider quite good in the conditions of the current season, – reports Logos Press.

After the summer drought and prolonged October precipitation, the forecast of sunflower harvest-2025 in Ukraine professional oilseed market participants reduced to 11.4 million tons – this is the lowest estimate of production of this crop since 2016, – reports Logos Press.

In August-September, canning enterprises in Moldova have almost 100% fulfilled their plans to harvest plums for the production of plum puree and juices, Logos Press reports, citing a source in the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Processors Speranța Con.

The sunflower harvest campaign is gaining momentum in Moldova. In parallel, production forecasts, market strategies and prices are changing cyclically.

By now, wholesale prices for apples of early (summer) varieties have decreased approximately twice, from 20 to 9 lei/kg on average, since their appearance on the “fresh” market of Moldova a month and a half ago, Logos Press reports.

More than 82,000 tons of rapeseed of the 2025 crop were exported by Moldova during July 1-24, Logos Press reported.

In the range of 8.3-8.4 lei/kg, the average price of last year’s sunflower stabilized in the last decade of July,” Logos Press reported.

On average, Moldovan farmers ask 20 lei/kg for summer varieties of apples, and the price has remained at this level for two weeks since the beginning of the sales season of apples of the crop 2025, – reports Logos Press.

Wholesale buyers in RM have indicated a starting level of “demand prices” for rapeseed for the 2025 crop – in the neighborhood of $500 per ton,” Logos Press reported.
