Publicat pe 24/10/2022

Bucharest, October 24, 2022: The President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR), Mr. Mihai Daraban, had a meeting on Monday, October 24, with E.S. Mister. Victor Chirilă, the ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Romania, the agenda of discussions including topics related to the ways of developing economic and commercial relations between the business communities between the two states, in the current economic context caused by the pandemic, as well as the war of aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

“CCIR encourages the business environment from the Republic of Moldova to establish companies in Romania. Being a legal person in Romania offers many advantages through our membership in the European Union. Both for the business community in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, the biggest challenge is the export of products with high added value, the solution being the attraction of foreign investors, involved in the production of consumer goods. We want to achieve some processing capabilities to avoid the export of raw materials. In the field of agriculture, for example, we have identified a significant potential in terms of cooperation with the Republic of Moldova, aspects that we will discuss in the official meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Vladimir Bolea, as well as with the Moldovan companies exhibiting at the Indagra fair. CCIR wants to become an essential vector for promoting the economic interests of the business environment in the Republic of Moldova”, said the president of CCIR, Mr. Mihai Daraban.

“I want to thank the CCIR for all the support, as well as for the openness it has shown to every request of our embassy in terms of strengthening bilateral economic relations. The business relations that the entrepreneurs from the two states currently have, represent a European exercise for the integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union. Today, we launched the proposal to organize a complex event that would attract foreign investments for both countries, capitalizing on the elements of similarity that characterize our societies”, declared the ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Romania, E.S. Mister. Victor Chirila.

Background

According to ONRC data, the total value of trade between Romania and the Republic of Moldova was over 2.02 billion euros at the end of 2021 and 1.56 billion euros in June 2022. As of August 2022, Romania had a number of 6,990 Moldovan companies, with a total value of the subscribed capital of over 49.44 million euros.