Moldova’s Regional State Aid Scheme for Industrial Investments, launched in January 2025, is positioning the country as one of the most competitive destinations for strategic industrial capital in Eastern Europe.
Designed under the National Industrialisation Plan 2024–2028, the scheme offers substantial financial incentives to both local and foreign investors, aiming to accelerate Moldova’s industrial modernisation and deepen the country’s integration into European and global value chains.
Foreign companies investing in Moldova are fully eligible to access the scheme. Depending on company size and project location, investors can receive up to 60% of eligible investment costs for large enterprises and up to 75% for small businesses.
Investment support is structured into two components: a 25% direct grant, enabling immediate liquidity for capital expenditure, and a 75% income tax exemption, ensuring long-term fiscal relief and improved profitability.
The minimum eligible investment value is 10 million MDL (€500,000). A single project cannot receive more than 20% of the scheme’s total budget, ensuring broad participation and competitive allocation.
“This scheme gives foreign investors a compelling reason to consider Moldova as their next strategic location. The incentive structure is aligned with EU rules and directly supports large-scale projects in manufacturing, electronics, agrifood, and automotive supply chains. Investors entering now gain a first-mover advantage in a rapidly transforming industrial landscape,” said Natalia Bejan, Director of Invest Moldova Agency.
The scheme focuses on six high-growth, export-oriented sectors with strong regional integration potential in electronics, chemical and pharmaceutical production, automotive components, textiles and apparel, construction materials, and food and agrifood processing.
For construction materials, the scheme explicitly covers thermal insulation systems, adhesives, cement, bricks, and related product lines—reflecting growing demand across Romania, Ukraine, and EU markets.
Aid intensity varies by region, with higher support available for investments in the northern and southern regions, and moderate support for investments in central areas. This strategy encourages balanced territorial development and reduces regional disparities—an important criterion for EU-aligned state-aid policy.
“Foreign manufacturers looking to diversify production within the European neighbourhood will find Moldova both cost-effective and strategically located. The scheme reflects our long-term commitment to industrial modernisation and to attracting investors who generate value-added jobs and export capacity,” added Bejan.
By October 2025, six companies had already signed state aid agreements, demonstrating strong early demand from both domestic and foreign-owned enterprises.
These include Imcomvil Group Ltd. – 30.2 million MDL in state support for a 60 million MDL snack production expansion, generating 60 new jobs; Electrotehnica (Bălți) – 173.8 million MDL in support for a 293 million MDL transformation of a historic plant into a modern food production centre, creating 319 jobs; Gido Park (Criuleni district) – state aid agreement for over 72 million MDL investment to establish a new production facility of pressed concrete items with 40 new jobs.
These early results highlight Moldova’s growing appeal to investors seeking nearshoring, supply-chain diversification, and access to EU markets for exports.
The total scheme budget is estimated at 4 billion MDL (€200 million), with state aid agreements available until 31 December 2034, subject to annual budget allocations. The government expects up to 150 enterprises to benefit from the program over the next decade.
This aligns with Moldova’s national targets to increase the manufacturing share of GDP from 8.2% (2023) to 11.5% (2028) and to increase industrial output by at least 25% by 2028.
Invest Moldova is the national investment and export promotion agency, dedicated to advancing Moldova’s global competitiveness.
The agency supports international investors throughout the full investment cycle and assists Moldovan exporters with market entry, compliance, and expansion strategies.
Through coordinated promotion, policy dialogue, and private-sector engagement, Invest Moldova works to attract investment, diversify exports, and strengthen Moldova’s long-term economic growth.
