Moldova will not continue licensing grain imports from Ukraine

Next year, Moldova will not continue licensing the import of grain and oilseeds from Ukraine, despite the demands of farmers.

This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry, Liudmila Catlabuga, reports Latifundist.

Imports will be carried out under the usual commercial regime, but will be controlled more strictly to prevent significant imbalances in the market, the official emphasized.

“During this licensing regime, the licensing commission, which was formed under the ministry, issued 25 licenses for various crops. There were also corn, sunflower, seeds that are not produced in the country. In addition, we will continue to monitor the market in order to take urgent measures,” Catlabuga specified.

On the eve, the Forța Fermierilor Association repeatedly appealed to the authorities with a request to continue mandatory licensing of grain and oilseeds imports from Ukraine. According to them, it is necessary to create a permanent mechanism before the end of the war in Ukraine in order to “protect local production and Moldovan exports to European markets.”

Farmers also appealed to the government in June 2025 with a request to extend the grain import licensing mechanism and include rapeseed in this product, and the executive branch imposed this obligation by the end of this year.

The wheat, corn and sunflower import licensing mechanism was introduced in October 2023 under pressure from mass protests by farmers and has been extended several times.