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Moldova
The business-to-business (B2B) hub for beverage alcohol: the trade rulebook for beverage alcohol, country by country, each section with its official sources.
As of 2026-11-10
Market status
Licensed — the Public Services Agency issues licences for importing and storing ethyl alcohol and for importing, storing and wholesaling imported alcoholic beverages and beer. This is a regulated private import and wholesale market. The licence must cover the actual activity and product category.
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Who can trade
Import, wholesale and distribution: Obtain the relevant Public Services Agency licence. The published service distinguishes ethyl alcohol, imported alcoholic beverages and imported beer. Applicants must demonstrate rights to the relevant specialist storage premises and provide the required assortment forecast. The official service lists specialist warehouse requirements, including a separate beer-storage category. Covered imports must carry excise stamps. A licence is not transferable to another operator. Product-conformity and food-safety controls also apply.
Business-to-business (B2B) online sale: The specific legal treatment of online wholesale contracting, marketplace intermediation and fulfilment: Not yet sourced. Do not confuse the ability to apply for a licence online with authorisation to conduct every alcohol transaction online. Domestic-production wholesale permissions and all distribution-premises approvals beyond the published import service: Not yet sourced.
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Customs and duty
Classification: Heading 2203 covers malt beer, 2204 grape wine, 2206 cider and other fermented beverages, and 2208 spirits. Use Moldova’s integrated customs tariff for the full commodity code, origin and entry date. The country has its own import and excise regime. European Union tariff treatment does not apply automatically.
Excise: Customs publishes the 2026 excise classifications and rates. Beer is assessed by litres. Wine, other fermented drinks and spirits must be assigned their specific national excise line, rather than inferred from beer or from another market. Tax law provides excise marking for covered packaged alcohol and payment procedures at import. Exact current wine/cider/spirit charge bases, exemptions, preferential import duties and value added tax treatment: Not yet sourced.
Territorial treatment: Special procedures for operators or goods from the left bank of the Dniester and other exceptional customs arrangements: Not yet sourced.
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Labelling
Mandatory food information must be in Romanian; another language may appear in addition. Alcohol labels require product/category identification, alcohol strength, nominal volume and origin, together with the applicable producer/importer, bottling-date, batch and protected-name particulars. Allergens must be declared under the national food-information rules. The alcohol law requires health information concerning pregnancy, minors, driving and dependence, using the prescribed wording and permitted pictograms. Exact artwork, placement and size specifications: Not yet sourced.
Wine labels have additional protected-designation and sugar-category particulars. The food-safety authority states that alcoholic products up to 10% alcohol require a validity date. Category-specific exceptions and the complete current wine ingredient/nutrition requirements: Not yet sourced.
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- https://ansa.gov.md/media/comunicate-de-presa/ansa-reaminteste-produsele-alimentare-trebuie-sa-fie-etichetate-limba
- https://ansa.gov.md/media/comunicate-de-presa/ansa-producatorii-sunt-obligati-sa-indice-pe-eticheta-substantele-care
- https://www.old.ansa.gov.md/ro/comunicate/informa%C8%9Bie-referitor-la-unele-prevederi-de-etichetare-produselor-vitivinicole-%C8%99i
- https://www.legis.md/cautare/downloadpdf/141655
Age and sale limits
Minimum purchase age is 18. Sellers and delivery personnel must verify age through an official photographic document and refuse sale or handover if the buyer refuses to present it. Grocery and other retail outlets cannot sell alcohol between 22:00 and 08:00, with the statutory international-border-point shop exception. These retail conditions are not a sourced blanket prohibition on wholesale warehouse movements. Detailed wholesale hours, delivery-channel restrictions and local exceptions: Not yet sourced.
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Protected names
The State Agency on Intellectual Property registers and administers protected geographical names. Wine examples include Codru, Ștefan Vodă and Valul lui Traian; Divin identifies a protected aged wine-distillate geographical indication. Moldova also protects names through its agreement with the European Union. Recognition must be checked against the applicable register and product specification. The complete foreign-name list and any name-specific transitional exceptions: Not yet sourced. Examples are not exhaustive.
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GTIN authority
GS1 Moldova is the national GS1 member organisation for obtaining Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) and the associated GS1 identification capacity.
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Not yet sourced
Not yet sourced: B2B online marketplace and fulfilment permissions; complete domestic wholesale/distribution approvals; full wine/cider/spirit excise treatment, import preferences and value added tax; left-bank and other exceptional territorial procedures; warning artwork and detailed wine ingredient/nutrition exceptions; wholesale hours and local delivery restrictions; complete foreign protected-name list and transitions.
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