Romania confirmed its position of main trading partner of Moldova. Bilateral trade in 2015 was US$1.352 billion. Romania’s exports to Moldova amounted to US$820 million, while imports from Moldova came to US$532 million. The balance of the bilateral trade was US$288 million in favor of Romania, IPN reports.

According to the Embassy of Romania in Chisinau, the mineral products accounted for over 35% of the goods exported by Romania to Moldova. These are followed by machines, apparatus and equipment with over 21% of the total. Among the main products purchased from Moldova are the machines and equipment (over 43%) and base metals and metallic objects (over 20%).

On December 31, 2015, Moldova ranked fourth in Romania’s trade with the non- EU member states by the volume of exports and eighth by the volume of imports. Last yearend, there were 4,673 joint companies with Moldovan capital registered in Romania. Their investments came to US$47.96 million.