Moldovan exports to the EU countries decreased in the first quarter of 2021 by 1.8% - to $439.3 million, compared to the same period in 2020.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports during this period decreased from 66.28% to 61.63% (the record maximum was earlier 69.59%). In January-March 2021, the largest volumes of products were purchased from Moldova by the following EU countries: Romania, Germany, Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic. In particular, in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same period of the previous year, the supply of Moldovan products to Romania increased by 2.9% - to $183.1 million, to Germany - increased by 13.3% - to $71. 5 million, to Italy - decreased by 33.5% - to $40.8 million, to Poland - decreased by 4.2% - to $27.7 million, to the Czech Republic - decreased by 13% - to $20.5 million. Export of domestic goods to Spain increased by 46.6% - to $15.3 million, to Bulgaria - decreased by 13.6% - to $11.6 million, to Hungary - increased 2.4 times - to $11.07 million, to Holland - increased by 2.2% - to $9.9 million, to France - decreased by 21.4% - to $9.7 million. Deliveries of domestic goods to Portugal amounted to $8.7 million (up 1.9 times versus the same period in 2020), to Greece - $8.2 million (-32.5%), to Austria - $5.6 million (-18.3%), Belgium - $5.4 million (up 1.9 times), Slovakia - $3.6 million (+ 13.6%), Lithuania - $1.7 million (-11%), Latvia - $1.5 million (+ 29.9%), Cyprus - $1.3 million (-80.2%), Estonia - $716.6 thousand (-59.8%), Denmark - $583.9 thousand (up 1.8 times), Finland - $375.5 thousand (+ 18.1%), Sweden - $138 thousand (+ 27%), Ireland - $130.3 thousand (+ 36.4%), Croatia - $117 thousand (-24%), Luxembourg - $3.7 thousand (-85.8%), Slovenia - $1.2 thousand (-96.7%). // 25.05.2021 - InfoMarket.
