In the first nine months of this year, the value of imported goods constituted 4.272 billion dollars, which is 2.3% higher than the value registered in the same period of 2018. Goods worth $2.134 billions were imported from European Union countries, which represents a 50% share of total imported good.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, during the same period, goods imported from the CIS countries were worth 1.030 billion dollars, which is equivalent to a 24.1% share in total imports.

The evolution analysis of imported goods by countries for the January-September 2019 period, compared to the same period of last year, shows that the volume of imports increased from certain countries: Turkey + 17.7%, India + 20.9%, Vietnam + 34.2%, Pakistan + 40.0%, Morocco + 44.1%, etc.

Over the course of the first nine months of this year, compared to the same period of 2018, imports of road vehicles increased by + 9.9%, medicinal and pharmaceutical products rose by + 10.5%, gas and industrial products obtained from gas increased + 10.0%, vegetables and fruits went up by + 7.3%, professional, scientific and control instruments and apparatus climbed by + 13.0%, raw and processed tobacco increased by + 13.5%, etc.

At the same time, imports of petroleum, petroleum products and related products decreased by -7.5%, yarns, fabrics and textiles and related products fell by -8.4%, plastics in primary forms reduced by -8.8%, oil seeds and fruits shrank by -11.4%, animal feed dropped by -12.5%, etc.

Most importation of goods was carried out with means of road transport and accounts for 84.8%.