Moldova in the first ten months of this year exported goods to the value of US$2.3 billion, an increase of 3.4% compared with the corresponding period last year. 65.5% of the exports went to the EU member states, as opposed to 69.5% in 2018. Exports to the CIS countries constituted 15.5%, as opposed to 15.7% in 2018, IPN has learned from the National Bureau of Statistics.

More was exported to Turkey, Switzerland, Russia, Germany and other states. Exports to Italy, the UK, France, Serbia, the United Arab Emirates and other countries decreased. The exports of machines and electrical appliances, grains and cereals, seeds and oleaginous fruits in January-October rose compared with the same period of 2018. The exports of clothing and accessories, furniture and furniture parts, sugar-based products, honey and others diminished.

Imports in the period grew by 7.1% on 2018 to US$ 4.8 billion. Some 49.8% of the imports came from the EU, up 0.6% on 2018.  24% of the imports came from the CIS, up 0.5% compared with the corresponding period of 2018.

Imports from Turkey, the Czech Republic, Italy, Vietnam, France, Belarus increased, while from Austria, Turkmenistan, Bulgaria, Japan, Denmark decreased.

Imports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products, motor vehicles, gas and industrial products from gas in the first ten months of 2019 rose, while imports of oil products, threads, textiles, machines and specialized apparatus for specific industries decreased.

Private individuals in the period imported goods to the value of US$ 171.3 million. These imports grew by 15.7% on 2018 owing mainly to the rise in car imports that accounted for 82.7% of private individuals’ imports.