Companies operating in different sectors of the national economy are taking part in the current edition of the exhibition “Made in Moldova”. As in the previous editions, the exhibition has a business program with roundtable meetings, presentations of companies and products, seminars, conferences on issues of interest related to commercial-economic cooperation, IPN reports.

In the inaugural event on January 30, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergiu Harea said the 18th edition is entitled “At Home. Authentic. Autochthonous”. The event involves 450 companies, including from the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia and the Transnistrian region. Some of these have collective stands.

Attending the event, Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova Peter Michalko said in September 2018, it was four years of the implementation of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, which forms part of the Association Agreement with the EU. Owing to the DCFTA, about 70% of the Moldovan products reach the EU and the range of these goods is complex and diversified. “It is an accomplished fact that cannot be challenged even by the most ardent critics of the DCFTA. Namely owing to this agreement, the agrifood sector witnessed the highest growth. During the last four years, exports of agrifood products rose by 44%,” noted the ambassador.

The largest collective stand of the 21 stands set up at the exhibition is that of Gagauzia. This is 230 square meters in area. First deputy governor of Gagauzia Vadim Ceban said they present producing companies that export high-quality products to the EU and benefit from concessions.

The exhibits were displayed in a number of pavilions and open areas of the exhibition center Moldexpo. The central pavilion hosts food products and beverages and the collective exhibitions of 18 districts. In pavilion No. 2, 17 industrial, textile and furniture companies present the brand “From the heart”. Pavilion No. 3 hosts public service providing institutions, such as the National House of Social Insurance and the National Employment Agency, district councils and craftsmen. Agricultural products and machinery are sold in the open areas.

The exhibition can be visited until February 3, 2019.