Moldova in January-February 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased export volumes by 1.6 times - up to $667 million.
As InfoMarket agency was informed in the National Bureau of Statistics, at the same time, the export of domestic goods for 2 months of 2022 amounted to $545.9 million (81.8% of the total), having increased by 1.7 times compared to the same period of the previous year. Herewith, the re-export of goods in January-February this year amounted to $121.1 million (18.2% of the total), which is 12.8% more than in the same period in 2020. Meanwhile, the re-export of goods after processing (clothing, footwear, shoe parts, chairs, electrical wiring and cable, other products for the automotive industry, shelled nuts, chairs and other furniture, suitcases, textile products, toys, etc.) accounted for 11.7% of total exports, and the classic re-export of foreign goods (drugs, cigarettes, wine distillates, whiskey, gin, vodka, liqueurs, beer, fuel, fabrics, knitwear, essential oils, perfumes and cosmetics, vehicles, furniture, etc.) - 6.5%. According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in the specified period, road transport was most often used - 77.2% of the total, followed by sea transport - 12.7%, railway - 9.2%, air - 0.9%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in January-February 2021, compared to the same period in 2021, increased by 53% - up to $414.1 million, to the CIS countries - increased by 16.5% - up to $78, 5 million, and to other countries - increased 2 times - up to $ 174.3 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports for the specified period decreased from 63.6% to 62.09%, the share of CIS countries decreased from 15.84% to 11.78%, while the share of other countries increased from 20.56% to 26.13%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (28% of total Moldovan exports), Turkey (13.8%), Italy (9.5%), Russia (7.3%), Germany (6.2%), Switzerland (3.8%), Bulgaria (3.2%), Poland (2.8%), UK (2.5%), Ukraine (2.3%), Czech Republic (2.2%), Greece (1.9%), Hungary, Spain and Belarus (1.6% each), France (1.3%), Cyprus (1.2%), the Netherlands (0.8%), USA (0.7%). At the same time for 2 months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, Moldova increased exports to Romania (by 1.7 times), Turkey (by 2 times), Italy (by 2.4 times), Switzerland (by 3.8 times), Bulgaria (3.1 times), Great Britain (2.8 times), Russia (+22.6%), Cyprus (6.4 times), Greece (1.8 times), Hungary (+51.9%), Spain (+51.3%), USA (1.8 times), France (+35%), Ukraine (+14.1%), Mexico (3162.8 times), Czech Republic (+11.7%), Tunisia (8 times), Serbia (1.7 times), Poland (+5.6%), South Korea (5.5 times), Austria (+22.4%), Jordan (76.2 times), Iraq (2 times), Saudi Arabia (2.1 times), Belgium (+17.2%), Lithuania (+44.2%), Mongolia (5.1 times). Meanwhile, during the specified period, Moldova reduced exports to Germany (-12.3%), Lebanon (-50.7%), the Netherlands (-20%), Slovakia (-42.1%), Libya (-95.7%), Canada (-33.9%), Belarus (-6%), China (-37.8%), Latvia (-22.4%), Finland (-89.3%).// 15.04.2022 — InfoMarket
