The costs of lab tests needed for obtaining quality certificates for export are high in Moldova and the small producers cannot cover them. As a result, there is the risk that monopoles will appear in different areas. The best long-term solution is to determine the business sector to open labs. However, a short-term solution suggested by the Premier’s Economic Council is to reduce the costs of tests needed for obtaining certificates for exporting wine products by 30% and for exporting other products by 20%, IPN reports.
In a discussion with journalists, the head of the secretariat of the Prime Minister’s Economic Council Dumitru Alaiba gave the example of Germany, where the lab test costs are 20 times lower.
“In Moldova, when a winemaker wants to export 100,000 bottles of wine, 3,000 lei paid on a certificate is not much and it is convenient in fact. But when you export only 100 bottles, 3,400 lei represents about 30% of the costs of export. The large producers would like these costs to be maintained as they want to keep the market for themselves,” said Dumitru Alaiba.
Speaking about the results achieved by the state institutions with the support of the Premier’s Economic Council and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Dumitru Alaiba said the procedure for issuing phytosanitary certificates for export was simplified, while the number of required certificates was reduced from seven to three. Also, the waiting time was halved. The export duties on walnuts were eliminated. Another accomplishment is the updating of the information about entrepreneurs on www.date.gov.md.
The agenda for 2015 of the Premier’s Economic Council includes the online registration of companies, the use of one-stop shops on registration, the removal of the obligation of having stamp, etc.
