OREANDA-NEWS. September 17, 2010. As it was informed in the National Bureau of Statistics, the gross added value, created in January-June 2010 in the goods production sector, exceeded the level of the same period of 2009 by 6,7%, influencing positively (by 1,3%) the GDP volume index.

 In agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishery, fish breeding and industry the gross added value increased by 6,4% and by 6,9%, respectively, as compared to the same period of 2009. The contribution of the sector of goods to GDP formation accounted for 20,4% against 19,8% in January-June 2009. The gross added value in the services sector increased by 3,4% as compared to the same period of 2009, resulting in the GDP growth by 2,3%. The growth resulted from the increase of gross added value in retail and wholesale trade (by 4,7%), in transport and communications (by 8,2%) and in other services (by 2,4%).

The gross added value in construction reduced by 5,9% as compared to the same period of 2009. The contribution of gross added value of services sector to GDP formation accounted in the given period to 65,4% against 66,6% in the same period of 2009. The receipt of taxes on products (including import taxes) by the national public budget rose by 14,8% as compared to the same period of 2009 resulting in the GDP growth by 2,4%. The final consumption grew by 3,6% against the same period of 2009, mainly because of increase in the final consumption of households by 4,3%.

The gross accumulation of the fixed capital increased by 0,2% as compared to January-June 2009, making up 16,1% in the GDP in the reporting period against 18% in the corresponding period of 2009. Export and import of goods and services rose by 4% and by10,4%, respectively, in comparison with the respective period of 2009.

As it was reported earlier, the NBM raised the GDP growth forecast for 2010 by 1 pp – from 2,4% to 3,4%. At the same time, the NBM reduced the forecast on GDP growth of Moldova for 2011 by 0,3 pp – from 3,6% to 3,3%. More optimistic GDP growth forecast for 2010 is due to the tendencies of economic slump stopping and economic growth restoration, confirmed by GDP growth by 4,7% in I quarter of 2010.

The International Monetary Fund forecasts in 2010 the Moldova’s GDP growth by 2,5%, in 2011 – by 3,6%. The IMF experts note Moldavian economy gradually restores after deep fall, caused by global economic crisis. In 2009 Moldova’s GDP reduced by 6,5%.