Moldova
General
country information
Survace 33,700 km² about
4,4 million inhabetants Language:
Moldovan (Romanian) / Russian
Telephone entry code 00373 Police
02 Ambulance 03 Fire department 01
Currency:Moldovan Leu VAT 22% non
refundeble
Alcohol
percentage 0%
while driving a vehicle
VIDOTRANS-HTG
transports for the largest Schottisch based relief organization Blythswood
Care on a regular base from different warehouses in England and Scotland to
various destinations in Moldova, also for MWBI
we transport relief goods picked up in Western Europe and combined in our
custom bounded warehouse in Steenwijk to Chisinau.
Chisinau
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Import and custom regulations for reliefgoods
What is absolutely impossible:
1.
No meat or products containing meat
2.
No milk/diary or products containing milk
3.
No vis or products containing vis
4.
No flour
5.
No food whit a short expire date or an oudated expiredate,
e.g. 03-08 can not be transported in august 2003, in general food should have an
expire date of at least 6 months after import in the country.
6.
No 2de hand refrigerators because of the very strict
export rules in the EU about equipment containing CFK.
7.
No toys, al toys must be checked by a special aproval comity
8.
No used clothes for children under 3 years of age, practicly
this means NO babyclothes
9.
No used underwear despite the
age
10.
No used shoes despite the age
11.
No coffe, because of the very high import tax
12.
No used car tires
13.
No paint or other chemical goods
What is
possible without import restrictions:
1.
NEW shoes
2.
furniture
3.
agricultural tools and machines without an engine
4.
NEW refrigerators without CFK´s and GREEN
label
5. used clean nicely
packed clothes with a cleaning certificate
6.
second hand household equipment like wasching machines, drycleaners,
radio´s, TV´s, sewing machines, vaccuum cleaners, etc.
What is possible but only with an importlicense of the ministery of
agriculture:
Patatoes (consumption and seed), Rice, Seeds and milkpowder with all the
phyto sanitary certificates
What is possible but only with an importlicense of the ministery of
health:
1.
2.
detergent
3.
normal food like coockinoil, pasta´s, margarine, thee, salt, sugar,
with an expire date on the packages, a production date shall always be interped
as an expire date.
4.
Foodparcels should be al the same, with a complete list of goods an
expire dates and ofcourse without forbidden food
What is possible but only with an
import license of the ministery of health:
1. “Heavy” medicin
and special medical equipment. Normally
for this licenses are only giffen for hospitals.
What is possible but only with an importlicense of
the ministery of industry:
1.
Paint only if you have the fabrication certificates with expiredates
on the tinnes, applying for a license may take some tine
If your receipient custom clears the cargo
itself:
A service like Fundatia
Martha is not yet possible in Moldova but your receiver must custom clear the
goods itself, than you must bare in mind that your receiver must present the
following documents and take the following actions:
1.
Accept of donation
2.
Code fiscal
3.
Registration in the local custom computer
4.
license of the ministery of relief aid, meetings every thursday
5.
At a local custom expeditor do the custom decleration.
6.
At the local customs custom clear the goods
7.
Pay for all the custom fees yourself or your receipient.
To apply for an import license your documents must be
faxed to the ministry of relief aid at least 2 weeks in advance, once the list
is faxed it’s not allowed to alter it.
Please bare in mind that the import license must be faxed to the border of
enterance, NO license means NO enterance.
For western European drivers a visa is prohibited, you
can obtain a humanitarian visa free of charge at the border if you have a
recommendation letter of the ministry for humanitarian affairs from Chisinau,
normal price for a visa at the border about € 65,00
If you are interrested in transportation or if you want a quotation than please fill in the Information form