The Transnistrian region delivered more than half of its exported products to Moldova’s right bank of the Nistru River during the first ten months of 2024. An analysis by IPN, based on fresh data from Tiraspol, reveals a steady increase in sales to the right bank and the European Union for two consecutive years.
From January to October 2024, producers sold goods worth nearly $333 million to the right bank. Tiraspol’s annual reports do not specify the types of goods exported, but as usual, electricity was a significant component purchased by the right bank from the Transnistrian region.
Over the last five years (2019-2024), sales from Tiraspol to Chisinau increased by more than 15%, equivalent to an additional $75 million.
The European Union ranks as the second-largest export destination for the Transnistrian region, accounting for 37.4% of its total exports in the first ten months of 2024. By October, the region exported goods worth $232 million to EU countries. Of this amount, $135 million (over half) went to Romania, while 12% was exported to Poland, 11% to Bulgaria, and 4.8% each to the Czech Republic and Germany. Steel bars produced by the Rybnitsa Metallurgical Plant remain the dominant export product to the EU.
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In 2024, Transnistrian exports to Russia sharply declined, totaling just $18 million in the first ten months—only 3% of the region’s total exports. It represents a significant drop compared to 2019 when exports to Russia accounted for 13% of the total.
These figures highlight the Transnistrian region’s increasing reliance on sales to Moldova’s right bank and the European Union while its economic ties to the Russian market continue to weaken.
