Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pridnestrovie held a meeting between Vice-president of the CCI of Pridnestrovie Mr. Yuri Ganin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the UK to the Republic of Moldova Mr. Philip Batson.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Pridnestrovie held a meeting between Vice-president of the CCI of Pridnestrovie Mr. Yuri Ganin and Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the UK to the Republic of Moldova Mr. Philip Batson. Mr. Batson had a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Vitaliy Ignatiev during his visit to Tiraspol as well.

Activity of Pridnestrovian enterprises after EU-Moldova Association Agreement signing was discussed at the meeting. This Agreement should be resulted in creation of The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.  DCFTA terms and conditions will replace Autonomous Trade Preferences. According to the EU Commission decision use of Autonomous Trade Preferences is prolonged for Pridnestrovie to the end of 2015.

According to Yuri Ganin, rules for Pridnestrovie will be changed after creation of The Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area.  “Situation for Pridnestrovian enterprises after 2015 is quite ambiguous. Today there is no efficient dialogue between Moldova and PMR concerning DCFTA terms and conditions. First steps to take should be development of Chisinau and Tiraspol mutual trade rules”, said Vice-president of the CCI.

Yuri Ganin noted that even European negotiators understand that Pridnestrovie cannot fully admit DCFTA terms and conditions and special ’formula’ is needed for Pridnestrovie.

Philip Batson said that 5+2 Negotiations is an appropriate format to discuss trade questions between Moldova and Pridnestrovie.

Foreign investments were discussed at the meeting as well.  Mr. Ganin expressed his opinion concerning obstacles blocking foreign investments flow into Pridnestrovie.

According to Mr. Batson, Pridnestrovie as well as Moldova is suffering from labor migration, level of which is constantly growing because of lack of investments.

We would like to note that 35-40% of Pridnestrovian export goes  to Moldova, 30-35% go to the EU countries, about 15% go to Russia.