Moldova in January-July 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased export volumes by 67.3% - up to $2 billion 629.7 million.
As InfoMarket was informed by the National Bureau of Statistics, at the same time, the export of domestic goods for 7 months of 2022 amounted to $1 billion 909 million (72.6% of the total), an increase of 65.3% compared to the same period last year. At the same time, the re-export of goods in January-July this year amounted to $720.7 million (27.4% of the total), which is 72.8% more than in the same period in 2021. Herewith, the re-export of goods after processing (clothing, shoes, 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, while the classic re-export of foreign goods (gasoline, diesel fuel, vehicles, nuts, medicines, sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, cigarettes, wine distillates, whiskey, gin, vodka, liqueurs, beer, fabrics, knitwear, essential oils, perfumes and cosmetics, travel and sports bags, backpacks, wrist and other watches, corn) - 15.7%. According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in the specified period, road transport was most often used - 74% of the total, followed by sea transport - 15.9%, railway - 9.1%, air - 0.8%, fixed transport installations - 0.2%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in January-July 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, increased by 57.2% - up to $ 1 billion 587.1 million, to the CIS countries - increased by 2.1 times - up to $517.2 million, and to other countries - increased by 64.7% - up to $525.4 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports for the specified period decreased from 64.23% to 60.35%, the share of CIS countries increased from 15.48% to 19.67%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (28.5% of total Moldovan exports), Ukraine (12.5%), Turkey (8.7%), Italy (8.3%), Germany (5.5%), Russia (5.1%), Bulgaria (4.5%), Poland (2.8%), Czech Republic (2.2%), Switzerland (2.1%), Iran (2%), the Netherlands (1.8%), Great Britain (1.6%), Belarus (1.5%), Hungary (1.2%), France (1%), USA and Spain (0.9%), Greece (0.8%), Lebanon and Portugal (0.6%). Meanwhile, for 7 months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, Moldova increased exports to Romania (by 1.7 times), Ukraine (by 7.5 times), Italy (by 1.8 times), Bulgaria (by 5, 5 times), Turkey (1.7 times), Iran (2910 times), Switzerland (2.1 times), the Netherlands (2.2 times), Poland (+20.8%), USA (in 1.8 times), Great Britain (+29%), Hungary (+38.9%), Czech Republic (+15.2%), Cyprus (2.8 times), Greece (+40.7%), France (+29.7%), Spain (+23.9%), Serbia (1.8 times), Canada (1.9 times), Belarus (+9.1%), Egypt (2.4 times times), Jordan (4.7 times), Lithuania (1.7 times), Saudi Arabia (2.2 times), Iraq (+54.9%), Mexico (13.2 times), Croatia (4.1 times). Thus, during the specified period, Moldova reduced exports to Russia (-10.8%), Germany (-7.4%), UAE (-83.4%), Georgia (-26.8%), China ( -37.2%), Israel (-36.4%), Libya (-97.7%), Belgium (-12.5%), Portugal (-9.3%), Indonesia (-83%), Finland (-82.5%). In the structure of exports for January-July 2022, the following groups of goods had the most significant shares: grains and preparations based on them (13.7%); electrical machines and apparatus and their parts (12.1%); oilseeds and fruits (10.5%); oil, oil products and related products (9.9%); vegetable fats and oils (9.8%); vegetables and fruits (8.2%); clothing and accessories (6.7%); alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (3.4%); furniture and its parts (3.3%); yarn, fabrics, textiles and related products (2%), motor vehicles (2%). // 15.09.2022 — InfoMarket
