Imports to Moldova in January-August 2021, in comparison with the same period in 2020, increased by 32.5%, amounting to $ 4 billion 403.5 million.
As InfoMarket agency was informed in the National Bureau of Statistics, at the same time, traditionally, most of the goods were imported into the country by road - 85.9% of the total. Railway transport accounted for 4.8% of total imports, sea transport - 2.8%, air transport - 2.4%, self-propelled imports - 0.6%, postal items - 0.2%, and the share of fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, power grids) - 3.3% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports to Moldova of products from the EU for 8 months of 2021, in comparison with the same period of 2020, increased by 34.8% - to $ 2 billion 050.1 million, from the CIS countries - increased by 24.7% - to $ 1 billion 051.1 million. Import of goods from other countries increased by 35.7% - to $ 1 billion 302.3 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports increased from 45.77% to 46.56%, the share of CIS countries decreased from 25.36% to 23.87%, and the share of other states increased from 28.87% to 29.57%. The TOP countries that accounted for the largest volumes of Moldovan imports in January-August 2021 included: Romania (12.4% of total imports), Russia (12.2%), China (11.7%), Ukraine (9.3%), Germany (8.1%), Turkey (7.1%), Italy (6.6%), Poland (3.8%), France (2.6%), Belarus and Hungary (1.9% each), Czech Republic (1.7%), USA (1.6%), Austria (1.5%), Spain (1.4%), Bulgaria (1.3%), Holland (1.1%), Japan (1%), Great Britain (0.9%). Herewith, according to the NBS, in the first 8 months of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, imports to Moldova increased from Russia (+ 40.2%), Romania (+ 36.5%), China (+ 36.4%), Turkey (+39.2%), Germany (+ 30.5%), Ukraine (+ 24.7%), Italy (+ 33.7%), Poland (+ 28.3%), France (+ 39.3%), Austria (1.8 times), USA (1.6 times), Czech Republic (+ 39.6%), Bulgaria (1.5 times), Hungary (+ 25.4%), Belarus (+20.4 %), Holland (+ 36.7%), Spain (+ 23.7%), Great Britain (+ 38.5%), Argentina (4.3 times), Japan (+ 23.8%), Slovakia ( + 43.8%), Vietnam (+ 30%), Portugal (1.6 times), South Korea (+ 24.1%), Switzerland (+ 33.3%), Belgium (+ 23.9%), Turkmenistan (4.3 times), Slovenia (+ 30.6%), Sweden (+ 33.6%), Greece (+ 25.7%), Taiwan (+ 33.7%), India (+13.9%), Uzbekistan (1.7 times), Malaysia (+ 41.3%), Latvia (+ 44.3%), Thailand (+ 46.1%), Norway (1.5 times), Denmark (+ 30.5%), Finland (+ 33.5%), Ecuador (+ 18.1%), Chile (2.6 times), Bangladesh (+ 32.6%), Morocco (in 1,7 times), Iran (2.4 times), Croatia (+ 48.5%), Pakistan (+ 27.7%), Estonia (1.7 times), Indone zii (+ 39%). Meanwhile, there decreased the volume of imports to Moldova from Kazakhstan (-82.7%), Azerbaijan (-74.3%). In the structure of imports in January-August 2021, approximately 94.9% of total imports fell on six commodity items: machinery and equipment for transport (25.6%); industrial goods (19%); chemical products (15.3%); mineral fuel (12.5%); various industrial products (11.6%); food products and live animals (11%). // 15.10.2021 — InfoMarket
