They include specific investment projects in the region's priority industries to be implemented by private companies. The Gagauz authorities are also pushing for increasing the degree of processing of agricultural products that are exported from Gagauzia. For example, the draft Gagauz budget for 2000 bans exports of unprocessed agricultural products from the area. In 1999, Gagauz farmers harvested over 120,000 tons of grains and legumes, about 12 percent of Moldova's total harvest for the year. Seed growing is an important subsector, with sunflower and corn seeds cultivated to meet domestic demand.
Horticulture provides the local processing plants with quality fresh fruit.
In the south, animal husbandry includes sheep breeding as well as poultry, cattle, and pig farming. According to the Gagauz chapter of the Moldova's Chamber of Commerce and Industry , over 200 companies do business in Gagauzia, of which 28 are large industrial enterprises. A 1997 business guide to Gagauzia lists 122 businesses active in the region. In addition, there are two carpet mills in Gagauzia which have the capacity to produce 200,000 square meters of carpets per year, three garment factories, and a reinforced concrete construction materials plant. Output of flour, sausages, dairy, vegetable oil, grape wine, and mixed fodder decreased in 1999 compared with the previous year.