Imports to Moldova in January-April 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, increased by 5.7%, amounting to €3 billion 365.2 million
As reported to the InfoMarket agency by the National Bureau of Statistics, traditionally, the majority of goods were imported by road – 74.1% of the total. Sea transport accounted for 5.5% of total imports, air transport – 1.6%, rail transport – 1.5%, self-propelled imports – 0.5%, and fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, electricity grids) – 16.8% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports of products from EU countries to Moldova over the four months in 2026 increased, compared to the same period in 2025, the import of goods from the CIS countries increased by 7.3% to 1 billion 886 million euros, while from the CIS countries it decreased by 4.5% to 103.3 million euros. The import of goods from other countries increased by 4.4% to 1 billion 375.9 million euros. The share of the EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports increased from 55.21% to 56.04%, the share of the CIS countries decreased from 3.4% to 3.07%, and the share of other countries decreased from 41.39% to 40.89%. The largest volumes of Moldovan imports in January-April 2026 came from the following countries: Romania (24.8% of total imports), China (13.9%), Ukraine (8.8%), Germany (6.6%), Turkey (6.5%), Italy (4.6%), Poland (3%), Czech Republic (2.4%), France and Russia (2.3% each). At the same time, over the first 4 months of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, imports of goods increased from China (+16.3%), Romania (+4.8%), Czech Republic (+57.8%), Croatia (1.9 times), Egypt (3.7 times), Bulgaria (+49%), Germany (+8.2%). Herewith, the volume of imports decreased from the USA (-30.6%), Ukraine (-5.5%), Turkey (-5.6%), Kazakhstan (-85.3%), Japan (-9.6%), Spain (-11.5%). In the structure of imports in January-April 2026, significant shares were occupied by the following groups of goods: gas and industrial products from gas (13.1% of the total volume); oil and oil products (8.8%); vehicles (7%); electrical machines, electrical equipment, and their parts (6.5%); electricity (4.1%); vegetables and fruits (3.3%); telecommunications equipment and apparatus for recording and reproducing sound and images (3.1%); medicinal and pharmaceutical products (3.1%); general-purpose industrial machinery and apparatus; parts and spare parts for these machines (2.8%); specialized machines and devices for specific industries (2.6%); yarn, fabrics, textiles and related products (2.6%); finished metal products (2.1%). According to the NBS, in the first 4 months of 2026, compared to the same period in 2025, there was an increase in imports of gas and industrial products from gas (+12%), oil and oil products (+17.4%), telecommunications equipment and equipment for recording and reproducing sound and images (31.8%); electrical equipment and components for it (+7.9%), mineral and chemical fertilizers (+32.4%). Meanwhile, there was a decrease in imports of iron and steel (-24.9%), sugar and sugar-based products (-24.3%), fish, crustaceans, mollusks (-9.9%), inorganic chemicals (-37.4%), vegetables and fruits (-2.9%). // 15.06.2026 – InfoMarket.
