OREANDA-NEWS. January 16, 2013. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the export-to- import ratio was 41.9% within the first 11 months of the year against 42.9% in the like period of 2011.

An amount of Moldova’s export made up USD 1 bln. 974.4 mln., 1.2% down as compared with January-November, 2011. An amount of import increased 1.1% to USD 4 bln. 708.5 mln. According to NBS, re-export of goods was USD 718.6 mln. and made up 36.4% of the total export.

As compared with the same period of 2011, it decreased 28.3%. Domestic goods were exported at a sum USD 1 bln. 255.8 mln. which was 63.6% of the total export, 16.1% more than in the same period of 2011 and 8.7% of the total export growth.

Export grew 3.4% to USD 853.1 mln. to CIS states and decreased 6.2% to USD 921.8 mln. to EU. The portion of CIS states in the total amount of export from Moldova increased 41.3% to 43.2%, in January -November, 2012, whereas the portion of EU ones decreased 49.2% to 46.7%. In January-November, 2012 Moldova imported 4.7% less goods from CIS at a sum of USD 1 bln. 449.1 mln. Import from EU grew 3.5% to USD 2 bln. 113.7 mln.

The portion of CIS states in the total volume of import of Moldova decreased 32.7% to 30.8% in the reporting period, whereas the portion of EU ones increased 43.8% to 44.9%. The biggest trade balance deficit Moldova displayed with Ukraine in January-November, 2012 which made up USD 436.6 mln. ( 1.2% down as compared with the same period of 2011).

Then followed: China - USD 363.2 mln. (+2.6%); Turkey- USD 302.4 mln. (+15.4%); Germany - USD 284.4 mln. (+9%); Romania- USD 250.8 mln. (+46.4%); Italy - USD 109.1 mln. (-15.4%); Russia - USD 97.5 mln. (-37.9%); Austria- USD 92.6 mln. (+39.7%), Belarus - USD 89.5 mln. (-14.3%), France - USD 70.3 mln. (+22.1%).