Page "Economy of Moldova" Paragraph 22

According to the World Bank, Moldova's weighted average tariff rate in 2001 ( the most recent year for which World Bank data are available ) was 2. 8 percent.

( The World Bank has revised the figure for 2001 downward from the 3. 9 percent reported in the 2005 Index.

) A 2004 World Bank report notes a " range of informal barriers to both imports and exports in Moldova, such as cumbersome and restrictive trade procedures, corruption, burdensome and inappropriate regulations and high transport costs.

" Based on the revised trade factor methodology, Moldova's trade policy score is unchanged.