OREANDA-NEWS. August 08, 2013. According to the National Bank of Moldova, in June, 2013 remittances from aboard in favour of individuals made via commercial banks amounted to USD 128.41 million, 4.4% up or USD 5.4 million up as compared with the same period of 2012, when this amount equaled to USD 123.01 million.

In the structure of remittances about 30.9% fell to USD (38.5% in I half of 2012), 35% to EUR (37.1%) and 34.1% to RUB (24.4%). In I half of 2013 the total amount of remittances made about USD 628.26 million or 88.2% (USD 572.15 million or 87.9% the same period in 2012) transferred to Moldova through various rapid money transfer systems, the National Bank informs.

Altogether in 2012 remittances from aboard in favour of individuals made via commercial banks made USD 1 billion 494.23 million, growing by 3.5% versus the previous year. The greatest sum fell on October, 2012 and made up USD 152.73 million, the smallest one falling on January, 2012 and being USD 81.9 million.

The biggest receipts to Moldova come from Russia and Italy. According to the World Bank, remittances from Moldova’s labour migrants amount to 20% to 30% of GDP of Moldova. The all-time peak of the volume of money transfers to Moldova made in favour of individuals via commercial banks was recorded in 2008, when it amounted to \\$1 billion 660.09 million