
Total debt of Moldova to bilateral creditors for 9 months 2020 decreased by $ 52.37 million (-22.1%), amounting to $ 184.19 million at the end of September.
According to the National Bank of Moldova, for the first time in a long period, Japan turned out to be the largest bilateral creditor of our country with a share of 31.8% of the total debt, and Romania, which previously occupied the first place, dropped to 2nd place with 22.2% of total debt. Russia closes the top three in this indicator with a share of 13.8% of the total volume of bilateral debt. In particular, in January-September 2020, Moldova's bilateral debt to Japan increased by 0.6% - from $ 58.15 million (at the end of 2019) to $ 58.5 million (at the end of September 2020). Over the same period, Moldova's bilateral debt to Romania decreased by half - from $ 81.14 million to $ 40.93 million, and to Russia - decreased by 26.1% - from $ 34.4 million to $ 25.41 million. Moldova's bilateral debt to the United States for 9 months 2020 decreased by 7.5%, amounting to $ 23.13 million at the end of September 2020 against $ 25.01 million at the end of 2019. Moldova's bilateral debt to Austria increased by 0.5% - from $ 22.84 million to $ 22.96 million, and to Germany - decreased by 12.3% - from $ 14.53 million to $ 12.75 million. Moldova's bilateral debt to Poland increased by 4.1% - from $ 0.49 million - to $ 0.51 million. // 12.01.2021 — InfoMarket.