Moldova Balance of Trade

Last Release

Aug 31, 2025

Actual

-556.6

Units In

USD Million

-558.1

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Nov 14, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 8 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
-40.4 Jan 2005	-659.1 Mar 2025	-258.09 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. .

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Moldova posted a trade deficit of USD 556.6 million in August 2025, widening from USD 463.3 million in the corresponding month of the previous year. Year-on-year, exports advanced by 22% to USD 332.6 million, driven by higher shipments to EU (29.8%), CIS (5.4%), and other countries (2.9%). Meanwhile, imports climbed by 20.8% to USD 889.2 million, with purchases rising from EU (26.7%) and other countries (16.7%), while arrivals declined from CIS countries (-1.6%). Considering the January to August period, the country’s trade shortfall expanded to USD 4,631.1 million, compared to USD 3,502.5 million in the same month a year earlier.