Moldova exported 458.9 thousand tons of wheat in the 2022-2023 season and imported - 3.2 times less - 142.9 thousand tons.
Export of wheat, meanwhile, fell by 55% compared to the previous agricultural season, when it was exported over 1 million tons of wheat. According to the analysis, prepared by the expert Iurie Rija, the average price of wheat exports amounted to 5.21 lei/kg (by 23% lower than in the previous season). The highest prices for wheat exports were in July 2022 (5.74 lei/kg), but starting from August the price began to decrease, reaching the lowest level in May 2023 - 3.99 lei/kg. By comparison, during the 2021-2022 season the export price of wheat increased from 3.91 lei/kg - in July 2021, up to 5.23 lei/kg - in January 2022. Wheat export brought the agricultural companies revenues of 2.39 billion lei, which is 44% less than in the previous season. About 90% of wheat was exported by 30 companies, with Rostan Plus (17% of exports), Agrofloris-Nord (11%), Orom-Imexpo (8%), Agrostoc (8%), Limburg (5%) being in the top 5. In the previous season, Trans Cargo Terminal, Rostan Plus, Agrofloris-Nord and Limburg were the leaders. Almost 59% of Moldovan wheat in the 2022-2023 season was delivered to Romania, 18.5% - to Turkey, 8.4% - to Greece, 4.8% - to Indonesia, 3.3% - to Malaysia, etc. In the previous agricultural year the leader in terms of Moldovan wheat supplies was Greece, followed by Romania, Indonesia and Turkey. Wheat was imported at the price of 4.94 lei, with the maximum reached in September 2022 - 5.11 lei/kg, which was followed by a slight decrease - to 4.3 lei/kg in December 2022. In January 2023 prices for imported wheat increased by 1% - to 4.36 lei/kg, having dropped by April 2023 to 4.26 lei/kg. // 13.05.2023 – InfoMarket
