Deputy Prime Minister Octavian Calmac, Minister of Economy, requested the administration of the National Bureau of Statistics to consider the possibility of presenting statistics on foreign trade in euro, IPN reports.

The official explained that Moldova’s exports to the EU during the last few years rose to over 65% of the total exports. Also, the commercial exchanges with other countries are also expressed in the EU currency.

According to Octavian Calmac, this will help simplify the calculation of the exported and imported volumes of goods and the process of processing data, including in the context of the objectives assumed by Moldova through the Association Agreement and DCFTA with the EU. 

Currently, the statistical data on foreign trade are presented in dollars. The request to formulate statistics in euros was made in the February 17 meeting of the National Bureau of Statistics’ Collegial Board.