# Republic of Moldova Import Opportunities

Explore Republic of Moldova's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $8.5B
- Import CAGR: +5.6%
- Trade openness: 94.5%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 999999 | Commodities not specified according to kind | $290.3M | +35.0% | 1 | 10000 |
| 2 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $647.6M | +6.5% | 54 | 4976 |
| 3 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $252.7M | +10.6% | 24 | 9064 |
| 4 | HS 271121 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas | $405.1M | +3.8% | 10 | 4489 |
| 5 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $125.4M | +4.4% | 4 | 7793 |
| 6 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $112.6M | +16.7% | 41 | 4701 |
| 7 | HS 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.s. in heading no. 7204 | $102.4M | +3.6% | 4 | 9950 |
| 8 | HS 721420 | Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling | $36.8M | +22.2% | 6 | 9240 |
| 9 | HS 870331 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity not exceeding 1500cc | $75.2M | +32.0% | 30 | 2116 |
| 10 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $32.6M | +18.0% | 6 | 9966 |
| 11 | HS 721070 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, painted, varnished or coated with plastics | $42.1M | +21.1% | 22 | 5259 |
| 12 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $211.1M | +11.6% | 62 | 700 |
| 13 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $27.7M | +27.1% | 38 | 6762 |
| 14 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $66.2M | +48.8% | 31 | 1577 |
| 15 | HS 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $127.4M | +14.9% | 51 | 1565 |
| 16 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $61.8M | +40.8% | 34 | 1430 |
| 17 | HS 730210 | Iron or steel, railway or tramway track construction material: rails | $27.4M | +12.2% | 7 | 9970 |
| 18 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $26.1M | +17.9% | 40 | 7689 |
| 19 | HS 730890 | Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.s. in heading no. 7308 | $48.0M | +16.8% | 34 | 3344 |
| 20 | HS 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $23.3M | +23.8% | 4 | 6296 |
| 21 | HS 441011 | Particle board of wood, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances | $31.3M | +12.1% | 16 | 5039 |
| 22 | HS 070200 | Vegetables: tomatoes, fresh or chilled | $22.3M | +24.8% | 22 | 4682 |
| 23 | HS 440711 | Wood: coniferous species, of pine (Pinus spp.), sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6mm | $26.7M | +7.6% | 13 | 7246 |
| 24 | HS 853690 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.s. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $37.0M | +16.5% | 57 | 2597 |
| 25 | HS 310520 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the three fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium | $20.3M | +26.0% | 27 | 4691 |
| 26 | HS 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $13.7M | +27.1% | 8 | 9781 |
| 27 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $24.3M | +53.3% | 31 | 3613 |
| 28 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $35.7M | +9.9% | 54 | 3277 |
| 29 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $66.1M | +15.7% | 33 | 1287 |
| 30 | HS 853669 | Electrical apparatus: plugs and sockets, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $27.9M | +22.8% | 52 | 2665 |
| 31 | HS 040120 | Dairy produce: milk and cream, not concentrated, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of a fat content exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% (by weight) | $20.1M | +24.7% | 11 | 4618 |
| 32 | HS 040510 | Dairy produce: derived from milk, butter | $21.2M | +13.7% | 15 | 5731 |
| 33 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $40.0M | +12.3% | 29 | 3002 |
| 34 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $33.5M | +20.2% | 63 | 2058 |
| 35 | HS 854430 | Insulated electric conductors: ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships | $33.1M | +29.1% | 51 | 1946 |
| 36 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $18.9M | +15.9% | 60 | 5293 |
| 37 | HS 391620 | Vinyl chloride polymers: monofilament, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked | $22.3M | +18.7% | 27 | 3574 |
| 38 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $74.7M | +11.1% | 37 | 1182 |
| 39 | HS 420500 | Leather articles: n.e.c. in chapter 42, of leather or composition leather | $15.3M | +27.4% | 33 | 4977 |
| 40 | HS 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers: combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | $26.8M | +22.7% | 25 | 2415 |
| 41 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $29.0M | +17.5% | 35 | 2662 |
| 42 | HS 020329 | Meat: of swine, n.e.s. in item no. 0203.2, frozen | $25.9M | +18.8% | 11 | 3454 |
| 43 | HS 290919 | Ethers: acyclic, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, other than diethyl ether | $10.9M | +21.2% | 5 | 9694 |
| 44 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $29.2M | +16.0% | 37 | 2093 |
| 45 | HS 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $31.8M | +9.3% | 39 | 3223 |
| 46 | HS 310559 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: containing the two fertilizing elements nitrogen and phosphorus, other than nitrates and phosphates | $15.5M | +29.6% | 15 | 4043 |
| 47 | HS 120600 | Oil seeds: sunflower seeds, whether or not broken | $36.3M | +17.5% | 27 | 2096 |
| 48 | HS 020711 | Meat and edible offal: of the poultry of heading no. 0105, of fowls of the species gallus domesticus, (not cut in pieces), fresh or chilled | $9.3M | +43.6% | 2 | 9635 |
| 49 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $15.3M | +11.4% | 17 | 7014 |
| 50 | HS 090121 | Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $18.4M | +14.6% | 36 | 4095 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.