How to increase Moldovan export potential towards the EU? - Recommendations for internal policies
The seminar on CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research and the CASE Moldova joint project Implementation of PCA provisions - asssitance in trade barier identyfication and trade capacity development of Moldovan exporters was held in Chisinau on December 8, 2005.
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Press (INFOTAG, Chisinau, 8 december ):
MOLDOVAN PRODUCERS COME ACROSS PROBLEMS AT EXPORTING TO EUROPE
A poor knowledge of the European legislation often becomes an obstacle for Moldovan companies that seek to trade with European Union member countries. Such is one of the main findings of the research that were presented here today by the Moldovan and Polish Centers for Social and Economic Research - CASE-Moldova and CASE.
[...] Svetlana Diomin of CASE-Moldova said at the presentation the researchers interviewed 95 Moldovan companies exporting to the European Union countries. The questionnaire distributed among them consisted of 20 questions about their annual turnover, number of employees, problems the companies come across, and other. A majority of those companies were private entities employing over 100 persons, with annual turnovers reaching 50-100 million lei.
Forty-six of the companies produce food and drinks, 10 - textiles, and the rest make clothes, shoes, machines and technical equipment. Svetlana Diomin highlighted such major barriers to smooth Moldovan exports to EU member states as considerable transportation expenditures and high customs rates, problems with obtaining visas, lack of information about the European market, stiff rivalry offered by producers from other countries, and other.
On the basis of the research findings, the Moldovan and Polish CASE Centers have drawn up a list of recommendations that will be distributed among profile ministries.
In January-October, Moldovan exports to the European Union member states marked $248.4 million - up 4.6% against the equivalent period of last year, and 39% of the shipped goods were textiles.
