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Moldovan exports in 2021 totaled $3 billion 144.4 million, up 27.5% compared to 2020.

Moldovan exports in 2021 totaled $3 billion 144.4 million, up 27.5% compared to 2020.

As the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) reported, at the same time, exports of domestic goods in January-December 2021 amounted to $2 billion 433.2 million (77.4% of the total), up 28.9% compared to the same period of the previous year. At the same time, the re-export of goods in 2021 amounted to $711.2 million (22.6% of the total), which is 22.7% more than in 2020. At the same time, the re-export of goods after processing (clothes, shoes, parts footwear, armchairs, electrical wiring and cables, other products for the automotive industry, shelled nuts, chairs and other furniture, suitcases, textile products, toys, etc.) accounted for 15.2% of total exports, and the classic re-export of foreign goods (drugs, cigarettes, wine distillates, whiskey, gin, vodka, liqueurs, beer, fuel, fabrics, knitwear, essential oils, perfumes and cosmetics, vehicles, furniture, etc.) - 7.4%. According to the NBS, for the export of goods abroad in this period, road transport was most often used - 83.7% of the total, followed by sea transport - 9.5%, railway - 5.6%, air - 1.2%. In general, Moldovan exports to the EU countries in 2021, compared to 2020, increased by 17% - up to $1 billion 919.4 million, to the CIS countries - increased by 23.7% - up to $466.2 million, and to other countries - increased 1.7 times - up to $758.8 million. The share of EU countries in the total volume of Moldovan exports for the specified period decreased from 66.49% to 61.04%, the share of CIS countries - decreased from 15.28% to 14.83%, while the share of other countries increased from 18.23% to 24.13%. According to the NBS, the main destination countries for Moldovan exports in the reporting period were: Romania (26.5% of total Moldovan exports). Followed by: Turkey (10%), Russia (8.8%), Germany (7.8%), Italy (7.6%), Switzerland (3.8%), Poland (3.5%), Ukraine (3%), Czech Republic and Bulgaria (2.5% each), Belarus (2.2%), Great Britain (2.1%), Spain (2%), Greece (1.4%), Hungary (1.3%), the Netherlands (1.2%), France and the USA (1% each), Lebanon and Serbia (0.8% each). At the same time, in 2021, compared to 2020, Moldova increased exports to Turkey (up 1.8 times), Romania (+17.9%), Russia (+27.3%), Switzerland (by 1.8 times). 9 times), Spain (1.8 times), Italy (+12.3%), Ukraine (+33.5%), Great Britain (1.5 times), Germany (+8.8%), Bulgaria (+33.7%), Greece (1.6 times), Hungary (up 1.5 times), Serbia (up 2.5 times), United Arab Emirates (21.3 times), Lebanon (up 2.1 times), Belgium (up 1.7 times), Israel (up 2.5 times), Portugal (up 1.8 times), Slovakia (up 1.6 times), USA (+23.6%), Egypt ( 12.6 times), Cyprus (+34.2%), Bangladesh (10.7 times), France (+9.4%), Uzbekistan (1.5 times), Indonesia (+47.4% ), Canada (+41.3%), Tunisia (7.3 times), Libya (73.3 times), North Macedonia (2.2 times), Belarus (+2.9%), Malaysia ( 1.6 times), Syria (+37.7%), Azerbaijan (+41.1%). At the same time, over the specified period, Moldova reduced exports to Georgia (-14.5%), Jordan (-63.6%), the Czech Republic (-1.8%), Poland (-1.1%). In the structure of exports in 2021, about 90.8% of the total Moldovan exports accounted for a total of six product groups: food and live animals (25.8%); machinery and equipment for transport (20.2%); various manufactured goods (18.8%); non-food raw materials (11.6%); manufactured goods (7.7%), beverages and tobacco (6.7%). // 18.02.2022- InfoMarket.

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