Moldova increased the volume of exports by 3.1% - up to $687.5 million in January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that, exports of domestic goods in the first two months of 2023 amounted to $471 million (68.5% of the total volume), down 13.7%, compared to the same period of the previous year. At the same time, re-exports of goods in January-February 2023 amounted to $216.5 million (31.5% of the total volume), which is 1.8 times more than in the same period of 2022. At the same time, the re-export of goods after processing (clothing, shoes, shoe parts, chairs, electrical wiring and cables, other products for the automotive industry, shelled nuts, chairs and other furniture, suitcases, textile products, toys, etc.) amounted to 12.3 % in total exports, and 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) - 19.2%. According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in the specified period, road transport was most often used - 81.3% of the total, followed by sea transport - 13.6%, railway - 3.2%, air - 1.4%, fixed transport installations (0.5%). In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 3.5% - up to $429.3 million, to the CIS countries - increased 2.2 times - up to $170 .4 million, and to other countries - decreased by 49.5% - to $ 87.7 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports over the specified period increased from 62.2% to 62.45%, the share of CIS countries increased from 11.76% to 24.79%, while the share of non-EU and CIS countries decreased from 26.05% to 12.76%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (33.6% of total Moldovan exports), Ukraine (16%), Germany (5.7%), Italy (5.6%), Russia and Turkey (4% each), Czech Republic (3.3%), Belarus (2.9%), Poland (2.6%), Spain (2%), France, Cyprus and the USA (1.6% each), Hungary, Bulgaria and Kazakhstan (1.4% each), Great Britain (1.1%), the Netherlands (0.9%), UAE (0.8%), Switzerland and Greece (0.7% each), Lithuania and Georgia (0.5% each). However, in the first 2 months 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, Moldova increased exports to Ukraine (7.1 times, mainly due to an increase in the supply (re-export) of petroleum products and liquefied gas), Romania (+23.7%), Belarus (1.9 times), Czech Republic (+57.4%), Kazakhstan (8 times, due to an increase in the supply of apples, grapes, medicines, devices for filtering or purifying liquids, gases and air, air filters for engines , agricultural tractors), USA (by 2.2 times), UAE (12 times, mainly due to the re-export of cars and supplies of apples, plums, domestic ice cream), Spain (+27.9%), France (+35, 3%), Cyprus (+33.8%), Lithuania (2.8 times, due to an increase in the supply of sunflower and flax seeds), Morocco (by 12,577.8 times, due to large supplies of cake and solid residues from seeds sunflower), Kyrgyzstan (6.9 times, due to an increase in the supply of apples, grapes, paints and varnishes, medicines), Canada (1.7 times), Saudi Arabia (1.9 times), Israel (1.8 times), the Netherlands (+14.1%), Slovakia (+47.1%), Lebanon (+28.8%), Latvia (+58.8%). At the same time, during this period, Moldova reduced exports to Turkey (-70.1%), Italy (-39.2%), Russia (-43.3%), Switzerland (-80.6%), Bulgaria ( -54.9%), Great Britain (-55.3%), Greece (-64%), Germany (-6.1%), Austria (-36.6%), Hungary (-10.1%), South Korea (-94%), Poland (-4.9%), Belgium (-19.7%). In the structure of Moldovan exports for January-February 2023, the following groups of goods had the most significant shares: electrical machines and apparatus and their parts (14.3%); oil, oil products and related products (12.1%); cereals and preparations based on them (10.8%); vegetables and fruits (8.8%); vegetable fats and oils (8.5%); clothing and accessories (6.8%); alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (4.4%); oilseeds and fruits (4.2%); furniture and its parts (3.6%); motor vehicles (2.23); yarn, fabrics, textiles and related products (1.9%). // 18.04.2023 – InfoMarket
