Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to estimate the competitive advantages and disadvantages of Moldova’s
trade with agri-food products on the EU markets. Thus, we analyze macroeconomic indicators of the agricultural
sector development, changes in the structure of agri-food trade and the pattern trade flows. For this purpose
secondary statistical data were used, provided by the National Bureau ofStatistics during 2001-2014, for the 24
groups of agri-food products analyzed according to HS 2007. To estimate the advantages/disadvantages of
Moldova’s agri-food products on EU markets the RTAindex was calculated. The obtained resultsindicate which
agri-food products are competitive, which have relative advantages and that have a potential to increase its
competitiveness.
