Producer prices in Moldova increased by 1.2% year-on-year in March 2026, slowing from a 2.2% rise in February and reaching their lowest growth rate since December 2024. The deceleration was driven mainly by weaker inflation in manufacturing (2.3% vs 2.9% in February), reflecting lower cost growth in food products (2.6% vs 3.7%), prepared animal feeds (2.4% vs 9.5%), leather and related products (0.1% vs 2.7%), paper and paper products (2.4% vs 3.6%), and chemicals and chemical products (3.1% vs 5.7%).
Meanwhile, prices continued to decline in mining and quarrying (4.2% vs 4.8%), while the drop in prices for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning deepened (-9.2% vs -5.4%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell by 0.4% in March, following a 0.2% decrease in the previous month.
