Imports to Moldova increased by 15.1%, amounting to $1 billion 485.8 million in January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that, at the same time, traditionally, most goods were imported into the country by road - 69.1% of the total. Sea transport accounted for 8.8% of total imports, rail transport - 6.5%, air transport - 1.8%, self-propelled imports - 0.7%, postal items - 0.1%, and the share of fixed transport installations (gas pipelines, electric networks) - 13% of total imports. In particular, the volume of imports to Moldova of products from the EU countries in January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 32.9% - up to $716.2 million, from the CIS countries - decreased by 19.3% - to $351.7 million. Import of goods from other countries increased by 32.1% - up to $417.9 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan imports increased from 41.73% to 48.2%, the share of CIS countries - decreased from 33.76% to 23.67%, while the share of other states increased from 24.51% to 28.13%. Here are the TOP countries that accounted for the largest volumes of Moldovan imports for 2 months 2023: Romania (16.6% of total imports), Ukraine (12.7%), China (10%), Turkey (7.6%), Russia (7.4%), Germany ( 5.7%), Italy (4.2%), Greece (3.7%), Poland (3%), Hungary and France (2.5% each), India (2.2%), Bulgaria (2 %), Kazakhstan (1.7%), Czech Republic (1.4%), USA (1.3%), Spain (1.2%), Austria (1.1%), Belarus (1%), Netherlands and Slovakia (0.9% each), Japan (0.8%), Israel (0.7%), United Kingdom, Belgium and Azerbaijan (0.6% each). An analysis of the evolution of imports by country in January-February 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, shows an increase in imports to Moldova from Ukraine (2.2 times), from Romania (+45.4%), Greece (12.3 times, due to significant supplies of natural gas and diesel fuel), Turkey (+42.6%), Kazakhstan (9.3 times, due to significant supplies of fuel oil), India (3.1 times, due to large supplies of diesel fuel), China (+16.2%), Bulgaria (2.3 times, under the influence of an increase in the supply of fuel oil, diesel fuel and jet fuel), Israel (4 times, due to significant supplies of diesel fuel and fuel oil), Azerbaijan ( 7.1 times, due to an increase in fuel oil supplies), Slovakia (2.2 times), Hungary (+20.5%), Poland (+13.9%), France (+14.4%), Austria ( +31.6%), Japan (+44.8%), Georgia (23.9 times due to significant supplies of fuel oil), Czech Republic (+18.2%), USA (+17.5%), Belgium ( +41.6%), Ecuador (+42.5%), the Netherlands (+14.3%), Great Britain (+18.4%), Portugal (+35.9%). At the same time, imports to Moldova from Russia (-64.9%), Belarus (-37.1%), Uzbekistan (-77.5%), Italy (-5.8%), South Korea (-34.6%), Iran (-64.2%), Lithuania (-36.0%), UAE (-60.2%), Kyrgyzstan (-45%) decreased. In the structure of imports for 2 months in 2023, the following groups of commodities held sizable shares in the structure of imports: oil, petroleum products and related goods (18.5%); gas and industrial products derived from gas (12.8%); electrical machinery and equipment and their parts (6.5%); motor vehicles (5.5%); medicinal and pharmaceutical products (3.4%); yarn, fabric, textiles and related goods (3.2%), mineral or chemical fertilizers (2.7%); vegetables and fruits (2.6%) seeds and oil-bearing fruits (2.3%); cereals and derived products (2.1%); specialized machines and devices for specific industries (2.1%); telecommunications and sound and image recording and reproduction apparatus and equipment (2%); general purpose industrial machinery and apparatus; parts and spares for such machinery (1.9%); clothing and accessories (1.9%). // 18.04.2023 - InfoMarket
