Imports to Moldova in January-November 2022 increased by 30%, amounting to $8 billion 346.2 million as compared to the same period in 2021.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) mentioned that, traditionally, most of the goods were imported by road transport - 75.6% of the total. Sea transport accounted for 7.3% of the total imports, rail transport - 4.9%, air transport - 1.6%, self-propelled imports - 0.6%, postal shipments - 0.1% and fixed transport units (gas pipelines, electric grids) - 9.9% of the total imports. In particular, the volume of import of products from the EU countries to Moldova in the first 11 months of 2022, as compared to the same period of 2021, increased by 36.3% to $3 billion 890.5 million, The import of goods from other states increased by 26.4% to $2 billion 396.8 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports increased from 44.45% to 46.61%, the share of CIS countries decreased from 26.03% to 24.67% and the share of other states decreased from 29.52% to 28.72%. The top countries that accounted for the largest volume of Moldovan imports in January-November 2022, included: Romania (18% of total imports), Russia (13.2%), China (10.2%), Ukraine (9.5%), Turkey (7.1%), Germany (6.3%), Italy (4.8%), Poland (3.3%), India (2.8%), France and Hungary (2% each), Bulgaria (1, 6%), the United States and the Czech Republic (1.5% each), Spain (1.2%), Belarus (1.1%), the Netherlands (1%), Austria (0.9%), Britain and Japan (0.8%), Greece, Slovakia and South Korea (0.7%), Belgium (0.6%). At the same time, according to the NBS, in 11 months of 2022, compared to the same period of 2021, imports to Moldova from Romania (doubled), from Russia (+22.6%), India (5.8 times, due to considerable supplies of diesel fuel worth $184.6 million), Ukraine (+30.9%), China (+15%), Turkey (+22.8%), Bulgaria (1.8 times), Hungary (+47.1%), Poland (+17.2%), Germany (+6.9%), USA (+28%), Greece (+57.7%), Czech Republic (+20.9%), Slovakia (+58.6%), Israel (2.5 times, due to significant supplies of diesel fuel worth $13.4 million), Netherlands (+19.6%), Spain (+15.1%), Serbia (+39.8%), France (+6.7%), Kazakhstan (1.7 times), Azerbaijan (8 times), Sweden (+33.3%), Uzbekistan (+57.3%), Turkmenistan (1.9 times). At the same time, imports to Moldova from Belarus (-32.3%), Austria (-16.9%), Vietnam (-22.4%), Argentina (-59.8%) and Italy (-2.1%) decreased. In the structure of imports over January-November 2022, significant shares were held by the following groups of goods: oil, petroleum products and related products (16.6%); gas and industrial products derived from gas (8.9%); electrical machinery and equipment and parts (6.3%); motor vehicles (5.9%); yarn, fabric, textiles and related products (3.6%), specialized machinery and devices for specific industries (3.3%) pharmaceuticals (3%); general-purpose industrial machinery and apparatus; parts and spares for these machines (2.7%); processed metal products (2.3%); clothing and accessories (2.2%); telecommunications and sound and image recording and reproduction equipment and appliances (2.1%), cast iron and steel (2%); fruits and vegetables (2%). // 17.01.2023 - InfoMarket
