Imports to Moldova in January-October 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, increased by 32.2%, amounting to $ 5 billion 718.9 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% of the total. Railway transport accounted for 4.7% of total imports, sea transport - 3.3%, air transport - 2.4%, self-propelled imports - 0.6%, postal items - 0.2%, and the share of fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, power grids) - 3.8% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports to Moldova of products from EU countries for 10 months 2021, in comparison with the same period of 2020, increased by 30.6% - to $ 2 billion 589 million, from the CIS countries - increased by 34.6% - to $ 1 billion 435.1 million. Import of goods from other states increased by 32.7% - to $ 1 billion 694.8 million.The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports decreased from 45.83% to 45.27%, the share of CIS countries - increased from 24.65% to 25.09% , while the share of other states increased from 29.52% to 29.63%. The TOP countries, which accounted for the largest volumes of Moldovan imports in January-October 2021, included: Russia (13.1% of total imports), Romania (12%), China (11.6%), Ukraine ( 9.4%), Germany (7.8%), Turkey (7.5%), Italy (6.4%), Poland (3.7%), France (2.5%), Belarus (2% ), Hungary (1.8%), Czech Republic (1.6%), USA and Austria (1.5% each), Spain (1.3%), Bulgaria (1.2%), Netherlands (1.1%), Japan and Great Britain (0.9% each). Herewith, according to the NBS, for 10 months in 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, imports to Moldova from Russia (1.6 times), Romania (+ 33.9%), China (+ 30.8%), Turkey (+ 41%), Ukraine (+ 24.9%), Italy (+ 31.8%), Germany (+ 23.5%), France (+ 42.5%), Poland (+ 21.8%), Austria (in 1.7 times), USA (1.6 times), Belarus (+ 20.3%), Hungary (+ 22.2%), Czech Republic (+ 22.9%), Greece (1.9 times) , Bulgaria (+ 31.1%), Netherlands (+ 32%), Great Britain (+ 33%), Spain (+ 20.1%), Argentina (4.2 times), South Korea (+ 32.6%), Belgium (+ 34%), Japan (+ 24.6%), Vietnam (+ 26.3%), Slovakia (+ 34.4%), Switzerland (+ 27.5%), Portugal (+37.7%), Turkmenistan (4.2 times), Taiwan (+ 35.4%), Norway (1.6 times), Sweden (+ 23%), India (+ 12%), Uzbekistan (1.6 times), Slovenia (+ 17.1%), Thailand (+ 42.1%), Latvia (+ 31.4%), Denmark (+ 28.3%), Ecuador (+ 15.3%), Finland (+ 23.6%), Egypt (+ 38.1%), Israel (+ 28.2%), Iran (2.4 times), Chile (2.3 times), Pakistan (+26.4 %), Croatia (+ 42.2%). Meanwhile, the volume of imports to Moldova from Kazakhstan (-76.8%) and Azerbaijan (-68.8%) decreased. In the structure of imports in January-October 2021, approximately 95.1% of total imports fell on six commodity items: machinery and equipment for transport (25.4%); industrial goods (18.9%); chemical products (14.7%); mineral fuel (13.7%); various industrial products (11.7%); food products and live animals (10.7%). // 16.12.2021 — InfoMarket
