Moldova in January-April 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased export volumes by 1.6 times - up to $1 billion 459.1 million.
As InfoMarket was informed by the National Bureau of Statistics, at the same time, the export of domestic goods for 4 months of 2022 amounted to $1 billion 152.6 million (79% 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-April of this year amounted to $306.5 million (21% of the total), which is 32% more than in the same period in 2021. Meanwhile, the re-export of goods after processing (clothing, shoes, parts of shoes, chairs, electrical wiring and cables, other products for automotive industry, peeled 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.) - 9.3%. According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in the specified period, road transport was most often used - 74.2% of the total, followed by sea transport - 15.4%, railway - 9.6%, air - 0.7%, postal items - 0.1%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in January-April 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased by 1.7 times - up to $ 970.9 million, to the CIS countries - increased by 23.7% - up to $ 178.5 million, and to other countries - increased by 1.8 times - up to $ 309.7 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports over the specified period increased from 64.45% to 66.54%, the share of the CIS countries decreased from 15.98% to 12.23%, while the share of other countries increased from 19.58% to 21.23%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (31.5% of total Moldovan exports), Turkey (10.1%), Italy (10%), Germany (6%), Ukraine (5.4%), Russia (4.8%), Bulgaria (4.3%), Poland (2.9%), Switzerland (2.8%), Czech Republic (2.2%), United Kingdom (1.9%), Netherlands (1.8%), Belarus (1.5%), Hungary (1.3%), Greece (1.2%), France (1.1%), Portugal (1%), USA , Spain and Lebanon (0.9% each). At the same time, for 4 months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, Moldova increased exports to Romania (by 1.9 times), to Italy (by 2.5 times), to Turkey (by 1.7 times), to Ukraine (by 2, 9 times), to Bulgaria (4.8 times), to Switzerland (3.4 times), to Great Britain (1.9 times), the Netherlands (2 times), to Greece (1.8 times), to Cyprus ( 4 times), to Poland (+18.2%), to the USA (1.9 times), to Portugal (1.6 times), to Hungary (+28.9%), to France (+32.7%), to Lebanon (+40.8%), to the Czech Republic (+13.6%), to Egypt (3 times), to Serbia (1.8 times), to Saudi Arabia (2.9 times), to Jordan (14, 7 times), to Mexico (67.2 times), to Canada (+45.7%), to Tunisia (8 times), to Iraq (+53.4%), to Argentina (106.8 times), to the South Korea ( 3.5 times), to UAE (4.3 times). Herewith, over the specified period, Moldova reduced exports to Russia (-18%), Germany (-7.1%), Spain (-20%), Georgia (-40.8%), China (-48.2%). %), Libya (-97.7%), Belarus (-5.4%), Slovakia (-25.8%), Belgium (-11.6%), Kazakhstan (-13.2%), Finland (-90.6%). In the structure of exports for January-April 2022, the following groups of goods had the most significant shares: grains and preparations based on them (17.3%); electrical machines and apparatus and their parts (12.2%); oilseeds and fruits (12.1%); vegetable fats and oils (9.5%); vegetables and fruits (8.4%); clothing and accessories (6.6%); oil, oil products and related products (3.9%); furniture and its parts (3.5%); alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (3.2%); road vehicles (2.2%), yarn, fabrics, textiles and related products (2.1%). // 15.06.2022 — InfoMarket
