page_title: Agriculture in Moldova
section_title: Viticulture
hierarchical_section_title: Agriculture in Moldova / Primary Agricultural Production / Viticulture
caption_attribution_description: Ialoveni district. The distal portion is visible in the right path that leads to the district center Hancesti (from Chisinau).
context_page_description: Moldova is an agrarian-industrial state, with agricultural land occupying 2,499,000 hectares in a total area of 3,384,600 hectares. It is estimated that 1,810,500 of these hectares are arable. Moldova is located in Eastern Europe, and is landlocked, bordering Romania and Ukraine. Moldova’s agricultural sector benefits from a geographical proximity to large markets, namely the European Union. As a share of GDP, agriculture has declined from 56% in 1995 to 13.8% in 2013. Data from 2015 estimated that agriculture accounted for 12% of Moldova’s GDP. Agriculture as a sector is export-oriented, with the composition of Moldova’s total exports containing agriculture and the agri-food sector as a main component. 70% of agri-food exports in 2012 included beverages, edible fruits and nuts, oilseeds, vegetable preparations and cereals. Here, fruits, vegetables and nuts were attributed to 33% of Moldova’s exports for 2011-2013. The declining share of agriculture in GDP does not extend to national value-added, where the agricultural sector in Moldova has the largest share relative to Central and Eastern European countries, withstanding a low productivity.
context_section_description: Moldova is listed as a top ten country for the manufacture and exportation of wine. The sector is export-oriented, accounting for 11% of total Moldovan exports in 2011. This percentage has fallen from 35% in 2005. The usage of arable land extends to viticulture, as a component of Moldova’s export basket, with wine constituting 11% of Moldova’s exports in 2011. As a share of industrial output, wine accounted for 7% of this figure between 2008-2010. Between 2011 and 2013, wine as an export grew to almost 16% of Moldova’s export value. 139.9 thousand hectares are estimated to be cultivated and utilised through vineyards. As of 2014, licenses for production in viticulture were held by 191 wineries in Moldova. Two of Moldova’s nine organic processing units are involved in the growth of organic grapes for the production of organic wine.
caption: Vineyards in Ialoveni district, Moldova
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