The Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure and the Customs Service, with the support of USAID Moldova Structural Reform Program, have launched a Commercial Information Portal intended for the national and international business community (www.trade.gov.md), IPN reports.

According to the Ministry, the portal www.trade.gov.md becomes the main source of official thematic information about the related procedures and documents needed for such activities as the import, export and transit of goods. The users of the portal could inform themselves about the customs regimes and destinations, declaring, classification and origin of goods, contingents, permissive documents, taxes for all the categories of goods, etc.

All the information on the portal, including the standard forms needed for different procedures and applications, is free.

The Commercial Information Portal of the Republic of Moldova was launched to fulfill the commitments undertaken by Moldova in the world trading system through the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization and the Moldova – EU Association Agreement (DCFTA).