OREANDA-NEWS. July 07, 2011. It increased by USD 79.92 million (18.8 percent) in comparison with the same period last year, it was informed at the National Bank of Moldova. The volume of money transfers in May 2011 totaled USD 117.9 million, exceeding the indicator of May 2010 (USD 96.4 million) by USD 21.5 million (22.3%).

About 42.1% of the currency transfers structure in May 2011 were transfers in USD, 43.3%- euros, 14.6% - Russian rubles. As a whole about USD 434 million (86% of the total amount of remittances in January-May 2011) were received by means of fast money order systems, against USD 357.19 million in the same period last year.

As it was reported earlier, the volume of money transfers to Moldova from individuals from abroad through commercial banks in 2010 totaled USD 1,244.14 million, up USD 62.12 million (5.3%) year-to-year.