OREANDA-NEWS. January 02, 2014. Only in the third quarter of this year, the foreign debt grew by USD 215.09 million (3.6 per cent) in comparison with the second quarter, according to the National Bank of Moldova. 

The foreign state- and state-guaranteed debt of the country increased as a whole in January-September 2013 by 0.06 per cent – from USD1 billion 762.56 million (as of the end of December 2012) to USD 1 billion 763.65 million (as of the end of September 2013). At the same time, Moldova’s non-guaranteed foreign debt increased for the same period by 5.5 per cent – from 4 billion 221.19 million to USD 4 billion 454.63 million. 

According to the NBM’s data, Moldova’s foreign long-term liabilities for 9 months of 2012 increased by 5.3 per cent – from USD 4 billion 046.96 million (as of the end of December 2012) to USD 4 billion 260.56 million (as of the end of September 2013) – and totaled 68.5 per cent of the total amount of the debt, while the short-term foreign liabilities grew by 1.1 per cent – from USD 1 billion 936.8 million to USD 1 billion 957.71 million, making up 37.6 per cent of the total amount of the debt. 

The share of the governmental sector in the structure of Moldova’s total foreign debt as to sectors as of the end of the third quarter of 2013 made up 20.5 per cent, that of the National Bank – 7.2 per cent, commercial banks – 10.4 per cent, other sectors – 44.4 per cent. The liabilities to foreign investors made up 17.5 per cent of the total amount of the debt.