OREANDA-NEWS. December 23, 2010. The Ministry has revised its forecast of this year GDP taking into consideration its growth for nine months of this year, which, according to data of the National Statistics Office, amounted to 6.5%, it was informed at the Ministry of Economy.

It forecasts the 5% GDP growth in 2011. According to the Ministry, the 6.5% economic growth registered in Moldova in January-September this year is considerable in comparison with the neighboring countries. In particular, the growth of Moldova’s GDP in the III quarter of this year was 8%, while in Ukraine GDP grew for this period by 3.5%, and in Romania GDP went down by 0.7%.

The major contribution to the growth of Moldova’s GDP for nine months this year in terms of the categories of resources came from the net taxes for products and import (2.5%), transport and communication (1%), wholesale and retail (0.9%), industry (0.8%), agriculture (0.5%). In terms of the categories of usage, the major contribution to the GDP growth was made by the change of stock (4.9%) and final consumption of households (4.7%).

The rise in final consumption and external demand contributed to the growth of both import and export of goods and services: import grew by 12.2% compared to 9 months of 2009, export increased by only 7.9%.