Imports to Moldova increased by 32.5% in 2021, amounting to $7 billion 176.6 million compared to 2020.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that, at the same time, traditionally, most goods were imported into the country by road - 83.8% of the total. Rail transport accounted for 4.4% of total imports, maritime transport 3.2%, air transport 2.5%, self-propelled imports 0.6%, mail 0.2%, and fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, power grids) - 5.3% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports to Moldova of products from the EU countries in 2021, compared to 2020, increased by 27.5% - up to $3 billion 149.1 million, from the CIS countries - increased by 44.6% - up to $1 billion 905.3 million. Import of goods from other countries increased by 30.4% - up to $2 billion 122.2 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports decreased from 45.62% to 43.88%, the share of CIS countries - increased from 24.33% to 26.55%, while the share of other states decreased from 30.05% to 29.57%. The TOP countries that accounted for the largest volumes of Moldovan imports in 2021 included: Russia (14.7% of total imports), China (11.7%), Romania (11.6%), Ukraine (9.3%), Germany and Turkey (7.6% each), Italy (6.2%), Poland (3.6%), France (2.4%), Belarus (2%), Hungary (1, 7%), Czech Republic (1.6%), USA (1.5%), Spain and Austria (1.4% each), Bulgaria and the Netherlands (1.1% each), Japan and Great Britain (0.9 each) %), South Korea (0.8%). At the same time, according to the NBS, in 2021, compared to 2020, imports to Moldova from the following countries increased: from Russia (1.7 times), Romania (+31.3%), China (+29.5%), Turkey (+40.1%), Ukraine (+26.5%), Italy (+28.2%), Germany (+20.9%), France (+40.6%), Poland (+20 .5%), USA (up 1.6 times), Austria (1.6 times), Belarus (+27.7%), Spain (+28.6%), Hungary (+21%), Czech Republic ( +19.6%), the Netherlands (+28.7%), Greece (up 1.7 times), South Korea (+34.7%), Great Britain (+29.2%), Bulgaria (+23.1 %), Argentina (4.1 times), Japan (+19.5%), Belgium (+25.7%), Slovakia (+28.4%), Vietnam (+16.8%), India ( +17.6%), Portugal (+31.1%), Taiwan (+32.7%), Turkmenistan (up 4.2 times), Uzbekistan (1.7 times), Norway (+45.4% ), Slovenia (+14.9%), Sweden (+17.5%), Thailand (+37%), Latvia (+27%), Finland (+26.3%), Denmark (+21%), Switzerland (+8.5%), Egypt (+40.4%). At the same time, the volume of imports to Moldova from Kazakhstan (-72.8%), Serbia (-13.3%) and Azerbaijan (-65.2%) decreased. In the structure of imports in 2021, approximately 95.4% of total imports accounted for six commodity items: machinery and equipment for transport (25.4%); manufactured goods (18.3%); mineral fuel (15%); chemical products (14.4%); various manufactured goods (11.6%); food and live animals (10.7%). // 18.02.2022- InfoMarket.
