
For 25 years, investments in FEZ Expo-Business-Chișinău exceeded $ 74 million.
The Free Economic Zone Expo-Business-Chișinău began operations on July 1, 1996, and this year marks its 25th anniversary. Currently, 55 residents from 11 countries operate in this FEZ, including such large enterprises with foreign capital as Fujikura Automotive MLD, Equip-Test, Sobro-Group, etc. The total investment in Expo-Business-Chișinău exceeded $ 74 million, and residents have created more than 1.6 thousand jobs. Expo-Business-Chișinău is one of the 3 largest free economic zones in Moldova. In total, 7 free economic zones have been created in the country and their 38 subzones in different regions of the country. The Ministry of Economy notes that FEZ accounts for about 22% of the country's total exports and more than 15% of workers employed in the industrial sector of Moldova. All FEZs of Moldova at the beginning of 2021 attracted investments in the amount of $ 459 million, which increased over the year by $ 26.2 million (+ 6.1%). The volume of goods and services provided in the FEZ in 2020 exceeded 10.8 billion lei, of which 94% is the cost of industrial products.// 02.07.2021 — InfoMarket