
Moldova used only 46% of its trade potential with the EU countries and 33% with the Eastern Partnership countries.
According to the EaP Trade Helpdesk platform, the realized trade potential of Moldova with the EU is estimated at $941 million, and the unrealized one - at $1.12 billion. Potentially, it can be mastered in the next 5 years. At the same time, with the countries of the Eastern Partnership, Moldova has realized a trade potential of $62.3 million, while the unrealized one is twice as much ($127.7 million). Overall, the Eastern Partnership region has an unrealized trade potential with the EU of $9.35 billion, and the realized potential is about 54%. Ukraine used the most trade opportunities with the EU, having mastered 61% of the potential of exports and imports to the EU, followed by: Moldova (46%), Belarus (39%), Azerbaijan (38%), Armenia (34%), Georgia (32% ). In general, the potential for intra-regional trade of the Eastern Partnership countries is $1.11 billion. To date, Ukraine is the most using trade opportunities with the Eastern Partnership countries - 71%, followed by: Belarus (68%), Georgia (62%), Azerbaijan ( 60%), Moldova (33%) and Armenia (29%).// 26.09.2022 — InfoMarket.