About 30 economic entities are taking part in a training course centering on the export of agrifood, textile and other types of products to the EU on October 20-21. These are familiarized with the requirements of EU importers, IPN reports.
The training course for groups of Moldovan producers was staged in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement between Moldova and the EU. “We set the goal of informing the economic entities as they are now the main group as regards exports. The association I represent supports the groups of producers by providing information about the marketing techniques and export procedures and about how to negotiate a contract for entering the EU market,” said Mariana Rufa, executive director of the European Business Association.
According to the organizers, the economic entities wil be able to acquire practical skills for exporting fresh and processed fruit. “To be successful in the export of products, one should know in detail the requirements of the importers from the EU. The potential exporters invest relatively much time, energy and money to export and should thus possess all the necessary information to prepare themselves. Before going abroad and meeting the potential importers, it is important for them to be well trained and to know importers’ expectations of the exported products,” said German economic expert Uwe Konst.
The participants in the course said this seminar is a good occasion for familiarizing themselves with the requirements of EU importers. “This course is very important as all the information is new for me both as regards the cooperation between different economic entities and the bookkeeping and legal aspects. The experience of the foreign experts whose countries went through all the stages long ago is as important. We learn also practice, not only theory,” said Petru Mehov, the representative of a fruit growing company.
“For us, this training course is important as we do not know much in this regard. The information is very useful and I hope we will make use of it. We must know the requirements of each importing country,” said Elena Munteanu, the representative of a cooperative growing hazelnuts and almonds.
The training course was organized by the European Business Association with financial support provided by USAID through the East Europe Foundation and the Moldova Partnerships for Sustainable Civil Society that is implemented by FHI 360. The course is co-financed by the World Bank-funded Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project.
