{"id":443463,"date":"2017-02-17T23:29:16","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=443463"},"modified":"2017-02-17T23:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T23:34:42","slug":"stats-moldovas-exports-eu-increased-651-general-trade-deficit-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/stats-moldovas-exports-eu-increased-651-general-trade-deficit-22-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Stats: Moldova&#8217;s exports to the EU increased to 65,1%, general trade deficit down by 2,2% in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On February 15th, the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/libview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=5526\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> the stats on the external trade of the Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The data reveal\u00a0that the exports of goods in 2016 from Moldova were worth 2,0453 billion US dollars, 4% more than 2015.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 789px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_1.PNG\" width=\"779\" height=\"330\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exports in 2016, compared to other years<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_2.PNG\" width=\"771\" height=\"275\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The evolution index of Moldovan exports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The exports of Moldovan goods worth 1,3509 billion US dollars (66% of the total), increased\u00a0by 3,6%, while the reexports worth 694,4 million US dollars (34%) increased by 4,8% compared to 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_443464\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443464\" class=\"wp-image-443464 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3.png\" width=\"711\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3.png 711w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3-696x244.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of export to European Union, CIS countries and other countries respectively<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, the exports to the 28 member states of the European Union increased by 9,4% to 1,3324 billion US dollars,\u00a0making a share of 65,1% in the Moldovan exports. On the other sides, the exports to the CIS countries decreased by 15,9%, accounting only 414,2 million US dollars- 20,3% of the total exports.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of countries, Moldova increased its exports to\u00a0Romania (+14,9%), Bulgaria (2,7 times), Germany (+8,0%), Switzerland\u00a0(+25,8%), Irak (+53,8%), Malaysia (3,3 times), Poland (+7,2%), Austria (+26,1%), China (1,7 times), Israel (3,4 times), Portugal (14,9 times), Ukraine (+8,4%), Greece (+16,1%), Hungary\u00a0(2,1 times), Macedonia (2,6 times) and Myanmar (4,5 times), that contributed with a\u00a010,0% increase.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Moldova reduced its exports to Kazakhstan (-77,5%), Belarus (-21,3%), the United Kingdom\u00a0(-17,2%), the Russian Federation\u00a0(-3,1%), Indonesia (-66,6%), United States of America\u00a0(-22,8%), Latvia (-49,8%) and Cyprus\u00a0(-46,7%), diminishing the total by 6,4%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_4.PNG\" width=\"717\" height=\"254\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Structure of exports: mainly food products, drinks and tobacco<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_5.PNG\" width=\"760\" height=\"319\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of imports to Moldova<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, the imports to Moldova accounted about 4,0203 billion US dollars, increased by 0,8% from the level of 2015.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_6.PNG\" width=\"749\" height=\"261\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The evolution index of Moldovan imports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The imports from the European Union were worth 1,9737 billion US dollars, or 1% more than in 2015- making a 49,1% share in the total exports. The imports from the CIS countries increased by 0,9% to the value of 1,0274 billion US dollars- 25,6% of the total imports.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_7.PNG\" width=\"703\" height=\"270\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of imports to the European Union, CIS countries and other countries respectively<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Moldova reportedly increased its exports from China (+7,4%), Belarus (+20,4%), Ukraine (+3,4%), Hungary\u00a0(+15,6%), Vietnam (1,9 times), Poland (+8,1%), France (+11,0%) and the United Kingdom\u00a0(+16,8%) slowing down\u00a0the decreasing of imports by 2,7%. On the other hand, the imports from Austria (-17,6%), Israel (-60,0%), Turkey (-4,6%), Bulgaria (-15,8%), Japan (-33,1%), Kazakhstan (-71,4%) and Uzbekistan (-77,0%) influenced the diminishing of imports by\u00a02,2%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_8.PNG\" width=\"697\" height=\"258\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Structure of imports: mainly food products, drinks and tobacco, raw materials and fossil fuels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The considerable difference between the exports and the imports made a trade deficit of 1,975 billion US dollars- 2,2% less than in 2015. The trade balance with the European Union decreased from 737,7 million USD to 641,3 million USD, while the trade balance with the CIS countries increased from 525,8 million USD in 2015 to 613,2 million USD in 2016.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_9.PNG\" width=\"747\" height=\"364\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial deficit evolution<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_10.PNG\" width=\"752\" height=\"315\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tendencies of commercial balance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the given stats, the degree of coverage of imports by exports is 50,9% (49,3% in 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Numbers speak for themselves, maybe President Igor Dodon should more thoroughly look and check again who are the more advantageous\u00a0partners of Moldova, compared to those &#8220;traditional trade partners&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>On February 15th, the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova published the stats on the external trade of the Republic. The data reveal\u00a0that the exports of goods in 2016 from Moldova were worth 2,0453 billion US dollars, 4% more than 2015. The exports of Moldovan goods worth 1,3509 billion US dollars (66% of the total), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":443464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-important-en"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>On February 15th, the National Bureau of Statistics of Moldova <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/libview.php?l=ro&amp;idc=168&amp;id=5526\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> the stats on the external trade of the Republic.<\/p>\n<p>The data reveal\u00a0that the exports of goods in 2016 from Moldova were worth 2,0453 billion US dollars, 4% more than 2015.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 789px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_1.PNG\" width=\"779\" height=\"330\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Exports in 2016, compared to other years<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_2.PNG\" width=\"771\" height=\"275\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The evolution index of Moldovan exports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The exports of Moldovan goods worth 1,3509 billion US dollars (66% of the total), increased\u00a0by 3,6%, while the reexports worth 694,4 million US dollars (34%) increased by 4,8% compared to 2015.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_443464\" style=\"width: 721px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-443464\" class=\"wp-image-443464 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3.png\" width=\"711\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3.png 711w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/02\/exp_decembrie_2016_3-696x244.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-443464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of export to European Union, CIS countries and other countries respectively<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, the exports to the 28 member states of the European Union increased by 9,4% to 1,3324 billion US dollars,\u00a0making a share of 65,1% in the Moldovan exports. On the other sides, the exports to the CIS countries decreased by 15,9%, accounting only 414,2 million US dollars- 20,3% of the total exports.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of countries, Moldova increased its exports to\u00a0Romania (+14,9%), Bulgaria (2,7 times), Germany (+8,0%), Switzerland\u00a0(+25,8%), Irak (+53,8%), Malaysia (3,3 times), Poland (+7,2%), Austria (+26,1%), China (1,7 times), Israel (3,4 times), Portugal (14,9 times), Ukraine (+8,4%), Greece (+16,1%), Hungary\u00a0(2,1 times), Macedonia (2,6 times) and Myanmar (4,5 times), that contributed with a\u00a010,0% increase.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Moldova reduced its exports to Kazakhstan (-77,5%), Belarus (-21,3%), the United Kingdom\u00a0(-17,2%), the Russian Federation\u00a0(-3,1%), Indonesia (-66,6%), United States of America\u00a0(-22,8%), Latvia (-49,8%) and Cyprus\u00a0(-46,7%), diminishing the total by 6,4%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 727px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_4.PNG\" width=\"717\" height=\"254\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Structure of exports: mainly food products, drinks and tobacco<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_5.PNG\" width=\"760\" height=\"319\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of imports to Moldova<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2016, the imports to Moldova accounted about 4,0203 billion US dollars, increased by 0,8% from the level of 2015.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 759px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_6.PNG\" width=\"749\" height=\"261\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The evolution index of Moldovan imports<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The imports from the European Union were worth 1,9737 billion US dollars, or 1% more than in 2015- making a 49,1% share in the total exports. The imports from the CIS countries increased by 0,9% to the value of 1,0274 billion US dollars- 25,6% of the total imports.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_7.PNG\" width=\"703\" height=\"270\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evolution of imports to the European Union, CIS countries and other countries respectively<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Moldova reportedly increased its exports from China (+7,4%), Belarus (+20,4%), Ukraine (+3,4%), Hungary\u00a0(+15,6%), Vietnam (1,9 times), Poland (+8,1%), France (+11,0%) and the United Kingdom\u00a0(+16,8%) slowing down\u00a0the decreasing of imports by 2,7%. On the other hand, the imports from Austria (-17,6%), Israel (-60,0%), Turkey (-4,6%), Bulgaria (-15,8%), Japan (-33,1%), Kazakhstan (-71,4%) and Uzbekistan (-77,0%) influenced the diminishing of imports by\u00a02,2%.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_8.PNG\" width=\"697\" height=\"258\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Structure of imports: mainly food products, drinks and tobacco, raw materials and fossil fuels<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The considerable difference between the exports and the imports made a trade deficit of 1,975 billion US dollars- 2,2% less than in 2015. The trade balance with the European Union decreased from 737,7 million USD to 641,3 million USD, while the trade balance with the CIS countries increased from 525,8 million USD in 2015 to 613,2 million USD in 2016.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_9.PNG\" width=\"747\" height=\"364\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commercial deficit evolution<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.statistica.md\/public\/files\/ComPresa\/Comert\/2016\/exp_decembrie_2016_10.PNG\" width=\"752\" height=\"315\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tendencies of commercial balance<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to the given stats, the degree of coverage of imports by exports is 50,9% (49,3% in 2015).<\/p>\n<p>Numbers speak for themselves, maybe President Igor 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