Moldova Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

-558.1

Units In

USD Million

-586.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 15, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 3 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-40.4 Jan 2005	-659.1 Mar 2025	-256.88 USD Million	2005-2025	National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova

Moldova’s trade deficit accounts for around 40 percent of GDP as remittances fuel imports of household goods. Moldova mostly exports textiles, vegetables and fruit, beverages and electrical machinery. Moldova’s main imports are petroleum, natural gas, textile yarn, pharmaceutical products and machinery. Moldova’s main trading partners are Russia, Romania, the Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Turkey and Belarus. .

Latest Updates

Moldova’s trade deficit widened to USD 558.1 million in July 2025 from USD 503.5 million in the same month last year. Exports advanced 21.8% year-on-year to USD 347 million, supported by increased sales to EU countries (41.1%), while exports fell to other countries (-17.9%) and CIS countries (-6.8%). Meanwhile, imports also rose by 14.8% to USD 905.1 million, driven by higher purchases from EU countries (21%) and other countries (11.4%), while arrivals from CIS countries (-30.4%) fell. For the first seven months of the year, the country’s trade gap increased to USD 4,074.5 million from USD 3,039.2 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.