OREANDA-NEWS. September 12, 2012. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the export-to- import ratio was 41.9% within the first 7 months of the year against 42.2% in the like period of 2011.

An amount of Moldovan export made up USD 1 bln. 204.7 mln., 2.4% up as compared with January-July, 2011. An amount of import increased 3.2% to USD 2 bln. 877.2 mln. According to NBS, re-export of goods was USD 479.7 mln. and made up 39.8% of the total export. As compared with the same period of 2011, it decreased 15.5%.

Domestic goods were exported at a sum of USD 725, mln., which was 60.2% of the total export and 19.1% more than in the same period of 2011. They contributed 9.9% to a total growth of the export. Export grew 8.5% to USD 507.3 mln. to CIS states and decreased 1.2% to USD 577.1 mln. to EU.

The portion of CIS states in the total amount of export from Moldova increased 39.7% to 42.1%, in January -July, 2012, whereas the portion of EU ones decreased 49.7% to 47.9%. In January-July, 2012 Moldova imported 2.6% more goods from CIS, at a sum of USD 918.2 mln. Import from EU grew 1% to USD 1 bln. 267.9 mln.

The portion of CIS states in the total volume of import to Moldova decreased from 32.1% to 31.9%, in January -July, 2012, whereas the portion of EU ones declined from 45% to 44.1%. The share of import from other states increased from 22.9% до 24%; expressed in monetary terms these deliveries grew 8.3% to USD 691.1 mln.

The biggest trade balance deficit Moldova displayed with Ukraine in January-July, 2012, which made up USD 255.7 mln. (- 3,8% as compared with the same period of 2011).

Then follow: China - USD 213 mln. (+3.7%); Turkey - USD 188.5 mln. (+24.4%); Germany - USD 179.5 mln. (+16.9%); Romania - USD 129.4 mln. (+12.1%); Russia - USD 109.3 mln. (+2%); Belarus - USD 60.9 mln. (+11.4%); Austria - USD 58.6 mln. (+33.7%), Italy - USD 54.8 mln. (-31.4%), France - USD 36.2 mln. (-8.9%). %).