A new record – over 70% of exports and 56% of imports belonging to economic agents from the Transnistrian region went to the European Union

Thanks to the ongoing efforts of the constitutional authorities to gradually integrate the activity of economic agents from the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova into the national legal framework, an upward dynamic of the deepening of import-export transactions with the Member States of the European Union (EU) was observed in 2023.

Thus, the export of economic agents from the Transnistrian region to the EU countries rose to 70.48%, a record figure since the signing of the Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova, marking an increase of over 20.58 % compared to 2019, when the export percentage was only 49.9 %.

Also in 2023, we see an increase in imports from the EU at 55.99 % from the total imported goods, or an increase of almost 24.19 % compared to 2018, when the share of imports was 31.8 %.

The main destinations in the EU, traditionally chosen by economic operators in the Transnistrian region, remained Romania, Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Bulgaria, etc.

The war in Ukraine and the stopping by the Kiev authorities of the activity of all crossing points on the central (Transnistrian) segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border contributed to the modification of logistics chains and the further reorientation of trade activity in the region to EU markets, as well as to strengthening of the connection with the right bank of the Nistru River.

Thus, the current economic realities denote an objective picture and take place in their natural course, regardless of the attempts of some regional political actors to present the processes in other colors and dynamics.

Thus, economic realities present an objective picture and unfold in their natural course, despite the attempts of some regional actors to present processes in different colors and dynamics.