n order to create favorable conditions for attracting investments in the Moldovan economy and ensuring efficient export promotion of domestic goods and services, the Ministry of Economy elaborated the National Strategy for Investments Attraction and Export Promotion for 2016-2020 and the Action Plan for its implementation, approved by the Government Decision no. 511 of April 25, 2016, a strategic document that reflects the state's view on the development of this field.

The combination of investment attraction and export promotion policy creates a strong premise to ensure further the generating economic growth and raising people’s well-being. Thus, the Government will give special emphasis to investments attraction in export-oriented sectors of the national economy, that are able to ensure innovations and know-how transfer, high added value and the creation of an efficient technical and economic infrastructure.

Investment incentives:

1. Equal conditions for the opening of the investor’s business, guaranteed by the Government.
2. Investments from EU countries are predominant, demonstrating the confidence of European investors in opening and developing their business in the Republic of Moldova.
3. The Republic of Moldova has signed 36 agreements on the mutual promotion and protection of investments.
4. The Republic of Moldova is a member of the WTO (World Trade Organization), CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), CEFTA (Central European Free Trade Agreement), and signed the Association Agreement with the European Union, including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement Free Trade with Turkey.
5. Thus, Moldova has free access to the EU, CIS, CEFTA, Turkey market, totaling a population of approximately 884 million inhabitants, who are actually potential consumers.
6. Reimbursement of VAT on export activities.
7. The corporate income tax is 12%.

Agreements to avoid double taxation, concluded with about 48 countries.