
Moldovan exports volume in January-November 2021 amounted to $2 billion 819.5 million, up 25.4% compared to the same period in 2020.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) informed that, the export of domestic goods for 11 months in 2021 amounted to $2 billion 170 million (77% of the total), up 25.7% compared to the same period of the previous year. At the same time, the re-export of goods in January-November 2021 amounted to $649.5 million (23% of the total), which is 24.3% more than in the same period in 2020. At the same time, the re-export of goods after processing (clothing, shoes, shoe parts, armchairs, electrical wiring and cables, other products for the automotive industry, shelled nuts, chairs and other furniture, suitcases, textile products, toys, etc.) accounted for 15.5% of total exports, and classic re-exports of foreign goods (drugs, cigarettes, wine distillates, whiskey, gin, vodka, liqueurs, beer, fuel, fabrics, knitwear, essential oils, perfumes and cosmetics, vehicles, furniture, etc.) - 7.5% . According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in this period, road transport was most often used - 84.9% of the total, followed by sea transport - 8.8%, railway - 5.1%, air - 1.2%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries for 11 months in 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, increased by 14.9% - up to $1 billion 726.5 million, to the CIS countries - increased by 24.4% - up to $423 million, and to other countries - increased 1.6 times - up to $670 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports over the specified period decreased from 66.81% to 61.23%, the share of CIS countries decreased from 15.12% to 15.00%, and the share of other countries increased from 18.08% to 23.76%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (26.7% of total Moldovan exports), Turkey (9.7%), Russia (8.9%), Germany (8.2%), Italy (7.8%), Switzerland (3.6%), Poland (3.5%), Ukraine (3%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Bulgaria (2.3%), Belarus (2 .1%), UK (2%), Spain (1.6%), Hungary (1.4%), Greece (1.3%), Netherlands (1.2%), USA (1%), Lebanon (0.9%). At the same time, in January-November 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, Moldova increased exports to Turkey (up 1.8 times), Romania (+16.9%), Russia (+26.7%), Switzerland (1.9 times), Ukraine (+42%), Italy (+12.4%), Germany (+10.9%), Great Britain (+46.8%), Spain (+48.6 %), Hungary (1.6 times), UAE (25 times), Lebanon (2.2 times), Bulgaria (+20.6%), Greece (+36.6%), Belgium (1 .8 times), Israel (by 2.6 times), Serbia (by 1.8 times), Portugal (by 1.8 times), Slovakia (up 1.6 times), USA (+20.6%), Egypt (12.5 times), Bangladesh (10.6 times), Uzbekistan (1.6 times), Canada (1.5 times), Libya (132.3 times), Indonesia (+35.3%), France (+6.4%), Tunisia (6 times), North Macedonia (2 times), Malaysia (1.5 times), Syria (+35.2%), Azerbaijan (+49 ,5%). At the same time, over the specified period, Moldova reduced exports to Georgia (-18.9%), Jordan (-69%), the Czech Republic (-1.9%), Austria (-5.5%), Cyprus (- 11.4%). In the structure of exports for 11 months in 2021, about 91.1% of total Moldovan exports accounted for a total of six product groups: food and live animals (25.2%); machinery and equipment for transport (20.7%); various manufactured goods (19.2%); non-food raw materials (11.3%); manufactured goods (8%), beverages and tobacco (6.7%). // 14.01.2022 - InfoMarket