The changes in the political-legal status of the Moldovan RSS at the end of the 80s – the beginning of the 90s of the last century, namely the adoption of the Declaration regarding the sovereignty of the republic and the Declaration of independence of the country, also required commercial-economic changes. The Government and the Parliament of the Republic received several decisions aimed at ensuring the process of external commercial collaboration, decisions regarding the formation of associations for external commercial activity, the improvement of the activity of the Chamber of Commerce and industry, the legalization of the joint ventures, the creation of own customs bodies, the formation of the Ministry of external economic affairs, legislative adoption regarding the development of external commercial relations, etc. As a consequence, in the first years of existence of the independent state, the necessary legal basis for the development of the foreign trade of the Republic of Moldova was established.