Moldova’s flag (Pixabay)

A landlocked Eastern European nation surrounded by Ukraine and Romania, the Republic of Moldova shipped US$3.78 billion worth of exported products around the world in 2025.

That dollar amount results from a 20.3% increase compared to $3.14 billion five years earlier starting in 2021.

Year over year, the overall value of Moldovan export rose 6.4% starting from 3.56 billion starting from 2024.

Based on the average exchange rate for 2025, Moldova uses the Moldovan leu which depreciated by -2.1% against the US dollar since 2021 and diluted by -2.6% from 2024 to 2025. The weaker Moldovan currency made Moldova’s exports paid for in stronger US dollars relatively lesser expensive for international buyers starting with American currency.

The 5 biggest export products from Moldova are insulated wire and cable, sunflower seeds, wheat, colza seeds and wine. Those 5 major products represent over two-thirds (37.5%) of the overall value for Moldovan exports during 2025.

The latest available country-specific data shows that 83.4% of products exported from Moldova was bought by importers in: Romania (29% of the Moldovan total), Türkiye (9.9%), Italy (9.2%), Czech Republic (8.2%), Ukraine (7.9%), Germany (4%), Bulgaria (3.3%), Poland (3%), Russia (2.8%), Greece (2.2%), Belarus (2%) and the Netherlands (1.8%).

From a continental perspective, 83.7% of Moldova’s exports by value was delivered to European countries while 14.2% was sold to importers in Asia.

Moldova shipped another 1.5% worth of goods to buyers in North America.

Tinier percentages went to buyers in customers based in Africa (0.5%), Latin America (0.05%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, then Oceania led by Australia and Samoa (0.03%).

Given Moldova’s population of 2.4 million people, its total US$3.78 billion in 2025 exports translates to roughly $1,600 for every resident in the Eastern European country. That dollar metric exceeds the average $1,450 per person one year earlier during 2024.

Moldova’s top 10 exports generated almost three-quarters (72.8%) of the overall value of its global shipments.

Oil seeds represent the fastest grower among the top 10 export categories, up by 62.2% from 2024 to 2025.

In second place for improving export sales was glass via a 13.9% advance.

Moldova’s shipments of fruits and nuts posted the third-fastest gain in value, up by 13.9%.

The leading decliner among Moldova’s top 10 export categories was mineral fuels including oil, thanks to a -23.6% year-over-year drop.

The above listing is at the two-digit Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) code level.

Drilling down to the more granular four-digit HTS codes, insulated wire or cable represent Moldova’s most valuable exported product at 13.4% of the country’s total. In second place was sunflower seeds (11.4%) trailed by wheat (4.8%), colza seeds (3.9%), wine (also 3.9%), processed petroleum oils (2.6%), apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines and plums (2.5%), sunflower, safflower or cotton-seed oils (2.3%), seats excluding barber and dentist chairs (2.2%) then fresh apples or pears (1.9%).

The following types of Moldovan product shipments represent positive net exports or a trade balance surplus. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports.

In a nutshell, net exports represent the amount by which foreign spending on a home country’s goods or services exceeds or lags the home country’s spending on foreign goods or services.

Overall Moldova incurred a -US$7.1 billion product trade deficit for 2025, expanding by 29.6% from -$5.5 billion in red ink one year earlier in 2024.

Below are exports from Moldova that result in negative net exports or product trade balance deficits. These negative net exports reveal product categories where foreign spending on home country Moldova’s goods trail Moldovan importer spending on foreign products.

Not one Moldovan corporation ranks among Forbes Global 2000.

According to listings on leading trade portal Alibaba.com, the following exporters are examples of leading Moldovan companies. Shown within brackets is the primary products for each business.

 
In macroeconomic terms, Moldova’s total exported goods represent 8.2% of its overall Gross Domestic Product for 2025 ($46.4 billion valued in Purchasing Power Parity US dollars). That 8.2% for exports to overall GDP in PPP for 2025 compares to 7.9% for 2024. Those percentages suggest a relatively increasing reliance on products sold on international markets for Moldova’s total economic performance, albeit based on a short timeframe.

Another key indicator of a country’s economic performance is its unemployment rate. Moldova’s unemployment rate averaged 3.501% for 2025, down from an average 3.955% in 2024 per International Monetary Fund statistics.

Moldova’s capital city is Chisinau.

See also Romania’s Top Trading Partners, Turkey’s Top Trading Partners, Ukraine’s Top Trading Partners and Wheat Exports by Country

Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Europe: Moldova. Accessed on October 15, 2026

EXCHANGE-RATES.org, Exchange Rates selected indicators (Domestic Currency per U.S. dollar, period average). Accessed on October 15, 2026

Forbes 2025 Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on October 15, 2026

International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on October 15, 2026

International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Pixabay, Moldova’s national flag. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Wikipedia, Companies of Moldova. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Wikipedia, Gross domestic product. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Wikipedia, Moldova. Accessed on October 15, 2026

Wikipedia, Purchasing power parity. Accessed on October 15, 2026