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First Moldovan poultry farmer gets green light for export to EU

(VAN) This month, the first consumer egg manufacturer in Moldova was given the rights to export its production to the European Union, the Moldovan National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) said.
At a national level, Moldova was allowed to export poultry products to the EU in March 2023. Photo: Canva.

At a national level, Moldova was allowed to export poultry products to the EU in March 2023. Photo: Canva.

Moldovan authorities indicate that this is an important milestone for the country’s poultry industry, which has been struggling long and hard to become eligible to export broiler meat and eggs to the EU. “The EU is opening its doors wide for producers from the Republic of Moldova,” ANSA claimed.

At the national level, Moldova was allowed to export poultry products to the EU in March 2023. However, it took nearly 1.5 years for the first company, whose name is not specified, to receive permission to begin actual deliveries.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu welcomed the development. In a statement posted on her Facebook page, Sandu stated: “Obtaining the right to export fresh poultry meat [to the EU] shows that Moldovan producers know how to ensure European standards of food safety and high quality.”

The EU is Moldova’s key economic partner. According to the Economy Ministry, 65% of Moldovan exports are sent to the EU market. In 2023, Moldova did not export meat, partly due to the avian influenza outbreaks in the country. These outbreaks significantly undermined the poultry industry’s investment potential, as reported by a local news outlet, Mold Street, citing local market players.

Low capacity utilisation ratio

The Moldovan poultry industry is comprised of 43 industrial farms and nearly 227,000 individual farms, growing around 6 million poultry in total. In addition, 24 slaughterhouses run in the country with an annual capacity of around 45,000 tonnes of broiler meat. Egg production is estimated to be close to 253 million pieces per year.

Under favourable circumstances, Moldova could boost poultry meat production 2 or 3-fold from the current level, the Moldovan poultry manufacturers association claimed in a statement issued a few years ago. Speaking at that time, head of the organization, Nikolay Kovash, claimed that the existing farms operated at a capacity utilisation ratio between 35% and 50%.

To change things for the better, Kovash called for authorities to adopt a comprehensive industry development programme, including protection of the domestic market from imports, lowering VAT for poultry farmers and streamlining state procurement systems. However, the state support system has not changed much in Moldova in recent years.

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(Poultryworld)

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