Diesel fuel could reach 40 lei per liter in Moldova

The head of the National Crisis Management Center, Sergiu Diaconu, said that the country’s existing fuel reserves are insufficient to get through the cold season. According to him, declaring a state of emergency will allow the government to respond promptly to the situation and use simplified procurement procedures in order to keep fuel prices down and prevent them from crossing the psychological threshold of 40 lei per liter.

The state of emergency introduced earlier in March helped stabilize the fuel market: while at the height of the shortage 109 filling stations had run out of fuel and reserves had fallen to three days’ supply, the problems now are predominantly technical and affect only six stations, while reserves have been restored to a stable level of 10 days.

“We managed to stabilize reserves at a 10-day supply. The shortage has been reduced: currently, only six filling stations have no diesel fuel or gasoline, and this is mainly due to technical problems. We managed to ensure transit corridors, since there is enough gasoline and diesel fuel for the harvesting period for wheat, other grains, and agricultural produce,” Diaconu said.

The crisis in the market is worsening against the backdrop of a global diesel shortage caused by the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East, as a result of which the fuel pipeline has been nonfunctional for more than a month, while shortages are being observed even in European countries—for example, in France, where more than 10% of filling stations have run out of diesel fuel. Against the backdrop of these challenges, as of September 22, 2026, prices at Moldovan filling stations had reached 36.52 lei per liter for diesel fuel and 33.99 lei per liter for gasoline. In addition, as part of the energy state of emergency, the authorities intend to restrict energy exports and simplify imports in order to guarantee uninterrupted supplies for citizens, businesses, and critical infrastructure.