Moldova Balance of Trade

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

-599

Units In

USD Million

-593.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 14, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 18 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-40.4 Jan 2005	-659.1 Mar 2025	-254.29 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 599 million in May 2025 from USD 413.6 million in the same month last year, as exports dropped while imports surged. Year-on-year, exports dropped by 7.2% to USD 257.8 million, weighed down by lower sales to CIS countries (-34.2%), EU countries (-2.3%), and other countries (-9.6%). Meanwhile, imports climbed by 23.9% to USD 856.8 million, driven by higher purchases from EU countries (34.2%) and other countries (16.9%), while arrivals from CIS countries (-22.5%) fell. For the first five months of the year, the country’s trade gap increased to USD 2,929.8 million from USD 2,131.2 million in the corresponding period of the previous year.