Moldova in January-November 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, reduced exports by 6.2% - to $3 billion 373.3 million.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that exports of domestic goods in 11 months of 2023 amounted to $2 billion 632.8 million (70.4% of the total volume), down 4.7%, compared to the same period of the previous year. At the same time, re-exports of foreign goods (after substantial processing and classic re-exports) in January-November 2023 totaled $1 billion 104.5 million (29.6% of the total), down 9.6% from the same period in 2022. At the same time, 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 13.7 % in total exports, and 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) – 15.9%. According to the NBS, motor transport was most often used to export goods abroad during this period - 81.1% of the total volume, followed by sea transport - 13.3%, railway - 3.3%, air - 1.1%, fixed transport installations - 1.2%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in January-November 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 3.52% - up to $2 billion 435.6 million, to the CIS countries - decreased by 8.7% - to $848.4 million, and to other countries - decreased by 35.4% - to $453.3 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports during the specified period increased from 59.07% to 65.17%, the share of CIS countries – decreased from 23.32% to 22.7%, and the share of countries outside the EU and CIS decreased from 17.62% to 12.13%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries of Moldovan exports in the specified period of this year were: Romania (35% of total Moldovan exports), Ukraine (15.2%), Italy (6.3%), Germany (5.5%) , Czech Republic (3.9%), Russia (3.6%), Turkey (3.4%), Poland (3.2%), Belarus and Bulgaria (2.1 each), USA and Spain (1 each .5%), Hungary and the Netherlands (1.2% each), Kazakhstan (1.1%), France and Great Britain (1% each), Greece (0.9%), Switzerland (0.8%), Lebanon and Cyprus (0.7% each), Austria (0.6%). At the same time, in 11 months of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022, Moldova increased exports to Romania (+14.2%), Czech Republic (+52.1%), Spain (+57.9%), Kazakhstan (1. 7 times), Cyprus (1.9 times), Egypt (2.4 times), USA (+24.8%), Lebanon (+56.1%), Indonesia (25.1 times), Poland +5.5%), Croatia (2.7 times), Malaysia (20.2 times), UAE (2.2 times), Kyrgyzstan (2.2 times), Belarus (+6, 1%), Lithuania (+31.8%), Latvia (1.7 times), Greece (+13%). During this period, Moldova reduced exports to Turkey (-55.9%), Italy (-23.7%), Ukraine (-10.4%), Bulgaria (-43.3%), Russia ( -25%), Switzerland (-53.2%), Great Britain (-38.6%), Netherlands (-30%), Portugal (-68.9%), Iraq (-74.5%), Germany ( -5.7%), Hungary (-11%), Syria (-98.5%), Slovakia (24.1%), Belgium (-19.5%), Canada (-22.3%), Jordan (-70.7%), China (-23.5%). In the structure of Moldovan exports for January-November 2023, the most significant shares were in the following groups of goods: electrical machines and apparatus and their parts (15.5%); oil, petroleum products and related products (10.3%); cereals and preparations based on them (10.3%); vegetables and fruits (9.1%); clothing and accessories (7%); oilseeds and fruits (7%); vegetable fats and oils (6.1%); alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (5%); furniture and its parts (3.6%); non-metallic mineral products (2.6%); yarn, fabrics, textiles and related products (2%); animal feed (1.6%); motor vehicles (1.5%). // 16.01.2024 - InfoMarket.
