Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area

The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) is an agreement between the EU and the Republic of Moldova aimed at a preferential trade relationship based on mutually beneficial terms, giving each side better market access.
The Free Trade Agreement aims to phase out import and export duties on trade in goods between the parties. It aims to remove barriers to trade in services and give companies better access to those markets. Free Trade Areas (FTAs) established by the EU in relation to its trading partners usually include a number of areas, which go beyond the usual „trade”. It is a „comprehensive” approach to trade, linked to the fact that trade is no longer decoupled from internal policies on procurement, competition, intellectual property or sustainable development. These issues are therefore included in the DCFTA with the Republic of Moldova.
For more detailed information on DCFTA’s work, please visit www.EU4Business.md/DCFTA, http://www.dcfta.md/ or contact us.
Cristina CEBAN
Tel: 022 250 554
E-mail: cristina.ceban@mded.gov.md / dcfta@mded.gov.md
Utilization of tariff quotas in 2021 (01.01 – 31.12.2021)
Products subject to an anti-circumvention mechanism
| Product name | Value Quota | Recovery (tonnes), 31.12.2021 | Completion (%) | Total Quota |
| Pork | 4 500 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Poultry meat | 600 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Dairy products | 1 700 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Eggs in shell | 7 000 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Eggs and albumin | 400 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Wheat, flour and pellets | 150 000 | 169 975 | 113% | 100% |
| Barley, flour and pellets | 100 000 | 14 347 | 14% | 100% |
| Maize, flour and pellets | 250 000 | 130 484 | 52% | 100% |
| Sugars | 37 400 | 18 778 | 50% | 100% |
| Processed cereals | 5 000 | 15 659 | 313% | 100% |
| Cigarettes | 1 000 | 8 | 1% | 100% |
| Processed dairy products | 500 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Processed sugar | 4 200 | 2 207 | 53% | 100% |
| Sweet corn | 1 500 | 3 053 | 204% | 100% |
Products subject to annual duty-free tariff quotas
in 2021 (01.01 – 31.12.2021)
| Product name | Value Quota | Recovery (tonnes) 31.12.2021 | Completion (%) | Total Quota |
| Tomatoes, fresh or chilled | 2 000 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Garlic, fresh or chilled | 220 | 0 | 0% | 100% |
| Table grapes, fresh | 20 000 | 16 298 | 81% | 100% |
| Apples, fresh | 40 000 | 1 024 | 3% | 100% |
| Plums, fresh | 15 000 | 15 000 | 100% | 100% |
| Grape juice, incl. must, unfermented | 500 | 86 | 17% | 100% |
| Cherry | 1 500 | 65 | 4% | 100% |
More information can be found on the specialized website – dcfta.md
Useful web pages on Foreign Trade between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union:
- Tariff quota consultation
- List of Surveillances
- Information on the use of tariff quotas in the period 01.01.2016-14.12.2016
- Regulation on the administration of tariff quotas on import/export of goods to/from the Republic of Moldova and repeal of some Government decisions
- General information on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA)
- Information note on tariff quotas under the DCFTA between Moldova and the EU
- Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States and the Republic of Moldova
- Advantages of the Deep and Comprehensive EU-Moldova Free Trade Area vs. Customs Union (Russia- Kazakhstan- Belarus)
- EU-Moldova „Association Agreement Guide” EU-Moldova Association Agreement
- Agreement on the establishment of the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area and the Free Trade Agreement between Moldova and Turkey (presentation)
- Myths about the EU-Moldova Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA)
- The first results of the Association Agreement with the EU (Infographic)
- The first tangible results of the Association Agreement with the EU (Analytical note)
- Order No 32 of 12.03.2015 on the establishment of working groups to ensure the implementation of commitments undertaken under the Agreement establishing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area, part of the AA between the Republic of Moldova, the EU and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States
Russian:
- ЕС-Молдова Соглашение об Ассоциации „Справочник по Соглашению об Ассоции „
- Мифы о Соглашении об ассоциации (СА) ЕС-Молдова и о углубленной и всеобъемлющей зоне свободной торговли (УВЗСТ)
- Первые результаты Соглашения об Ассоциации между Молдовой и ЕС
English:
- Association Agreement
- Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area EU-Moldova
- Advantages of DCFTA versus Customs Union (Russia- Kazakhstan- Belarus)
- Informative notes towards tariff quotas provided in the DCFTA context between Moldova and EU
- Myths about the EU-Moldova Association Agreement and DCFTA
- Factual background tariff – rate under EU -Moldova DCFTA