The volume of foreign currency transactions in the foreign exchange offices of Moldova in May 2022, compared to the previous month, increased by 9.5% - up to $423.7 million.
As InfoMarket was informed in the National Bank, at the same time, the volume purchases of foreign currency for Moldovan lei in the domestic cash foreign exchange market by the foreign exchange offices increased in the reporting month by 20.2% - up to $305.9 million (in equivalent), and the volume of sales decreased by 11. 2% - up to $117.8 million. The total turnover of foreign currency cash was still dominated by transactions with the euro, which in May 2022 amounted to $302.7 million (71.4% of the total turnover), being by 13.2%% higher than in the previous month. Herewith, the volume of euro purchases increased by 34.9% - up to $220.4 million, while the volume of sales decreased by 20.9% - to $82.3 million. The volume of transactions with the US dollar decreased, in comparison with the previous month, by 6.3%, amounting to $76.8 million (18.1% of total turnover), while the volume of purchases of dollars decreased by 16.7% - to $51.8 million, and sales increased by 26.3% - to 25 million. The volume of transactions with the Russian ruble amounted to $3.6 million (0.9% of the total turnover), which is 2.1 times higher than in the previous month. In particular, the volume of purchases of Russian rubles increased 2.3 times - up to $1.8 million, and the volume of sales - doubled - up to $1.8 million. The volume of transactions with the Romanian leu amounted to $6.9 million (1.6% of the total turnover), which is 4.2% lower than the previous month. Meanwhile, the volume of purchases of Romanian lei decreased by 7.7% - to $3.6 million, while the volume of sales remained at the same level - $3.3 million. The volume of transactions with the Ukrainian hryvnia amounted to $1.5 million (0.4% of the total turnover), which is 16.7% lower than the previous month. Thus, the volume of purchases of the Ukrainian hryvnia decreased by 9.1% - to $1 million, and the volume of sales decreased by 28.6% - to $0.5 million. According to the NBM, in May 2022, compared to the previous month, the share of transactions with the euro in the foreign exchange offices increased by 2.3 p.p., with the dollar - decreased by 3.1 p.p., with the Russian ruble - increased by 0.5 p.p., with the Romanian lei - decreased by 0 .3 p.p., with the Ukrainian hryvnia - decreased by 0.1 p.p. // 11.07.2022 — InfoMarket
