Imports to Moldova in January-October 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, decreased by 9.9%, amounting to $ 4 billion 325.6 million.
As InfoMarket agency was informed in the National Bureau of Statistics, at the same time, traditionally, most goods were imported into the country by road - 87.6% of the total. Railway transport accounted for 4.8% of total imports, air transport - 2.3%, sea transport - 1.5%, self-propelled imports - 0.6%, mail - 0.2%, and the share of fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, power grids) - 3% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports to Moldova of products from the EU for 10 months 2020, in comparison with the same period in 2019, decreased by 15.5% - to $ 1 billion 982.1 million, from the CIS countries - decreased by 7.5% - to $ 1 billion 066.3 million. Import of goods from other states decreased by 1.9% - to $ 1 billion 277.2 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports decreased from 48.86% to 45.82%, the share of CIS countries increased from 24.02% to 24.65%, and the share of other states increased from 27.13% to 29.53%. According to the NBS, in January-October 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, decreased imports to Moldova from Romania (-26.8%), Russia (-13.7%), Italy (-17.4%), Ukraine (-9.5%), Germany (-9.4%), Austria (-36.8%), France (-17.8%), Turkey (-6.4%), Czech Republic (-18.1%), Belarus (-14.3%), Hungary (-11.1%), USA (-13.9%), Great Britain (-16.3%), Vietnam (-15.6 %), Switzerland (-15.3%), Taiwan (-23%), Spain (-5.7%), Slovakia (-13.2%), Morocco (-42.9%), Sweden (-14.3%), Lithuania (-17%), Belgium (-5.6%), Finland (-14.2%), Holland (-3%), Egypt (-17%), Israel (-11.2 %), Brazil (-10.6%), Mexico (-13.8%), Faroe Islands (-33.3%), Jordan (-43.6%), Oman (-63.6%), Luxembourg (-38.2%), Estonia (-15.7%), Chile (-28%), Iceland (-14%), San Marino (-61.6%), Turkmenistan (-27%), Norway ( -7.7%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (-25.4%), Hong Kong (-21.7%), Uzbekistan (-7.4%), Ireland (-7.3%), Kenya (-55, 2%), Portugal (-2.2%), Canada (-6.3%), Thailand (-3.7%). At the same time, increased the volume of imports to Moldova from Kazakhstan (6.9 times), China (+ 3.1%), Poland (+ 6.6%), Serbia (+ 47%), Bulgaria (+8.7%), Azerbaijan (7.1 times), India (+ 11.2%), Japan (+ 6%), Slovenia (+ 11.8%), Pakistan (+ 39.6%), Ecuador (+ 14.5%), Georgia (1.5 times), Greece (+ 7.1%), Cote d'Ivoire (5.1 times), South Korea (+ 1.9%), North Macedonia (+ 15.6%), Saudi Arabia (+ 24.9%), Latvia (+ 5.6%), Myanmar (1.7 times), Iran (+ 29.4%), Argentina (+ 9.7% ), Bangladesh (+ 3.5%), Indonesia (+ 5.6%), Malaysia (+ 2.7%). // 15.12.2020 — InfoMarket.
