1. Sweet Potatoes To Moldova
Peter Thornton
NCDA&CS

2. General overview of Moldova
Open economy
EU autonomous trade agreements;
CIS countries FTA;
CEFTA member;
FTA with Turkey.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) member;
WTO member since 2001;
EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) signed on June 27, 2014;
Diversified trade and FDI among EU, CSI, GUAM and other countries;
No visa requirements for EU nationals and other 70 countries.
Population 3.5 million
Multilingual population 70% (Romanian, Russian, English, French, German, Italian, others)
Free Trade Agreements 43 signed

3. Government Contacts

4.
Available Processing
Prut Umpex

5. Measure 1.6. Stimulating investments for post-harvest/processing infrastructure development. 
SubMeasure Packinghouses and refrigerators for storage of fruits, grapes and vegetables.
  Amount of support
1) 50% of the cost of the purchased equipment, machinery and construction materials in rural areas:
- refrigerated warehouses for storage of fruits, grapes and vegetables;
- packing houses.

6. Average wages, by country (2014)
Net average monthly wages in the economy, by country, € (2014)
The gross wages for workers in the industry range from 180 EUR EUR
The gross wages for workers in the agriculture range from 120 EUR – 300 EUR
Source: National Bureau of Statistics, each country 2014

7. Mathias von Tucher <m.vtucher@danlog.md>

8. Logistics in Moldova Logistics
Freight forwarder would ship sweet potatoes to the port of Constanta, Romania (estimate-$4700, does not include cost of transportation to U.S. ports, which is estimated at $900. Export estimate information from KHS Transportation Solutions.)
From Romanian port, sweet potatoes trucked to Moldovan processing facility. Estimates from Tobacco industry put cost at about $400.
At the processing facility, sweet potatoes are washed, repackaged and sent to EU markets.
Trucking a container to Poland estimated at $1,100. To Ukraine $500. To Russia $800.