OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2014. The fruit and vegetable imports also fell and made USD84.5 million, which was 7.3% less than in the same period of the past year, InfoMarket was said at the National Bureau of Statistics.

According to NBS, over the first 8 months of 2014 against the same period of the past year, the export of foods and live animals from Moldova grew 38.6% to USD 391.6 thanks to increases in the exports of crops, meat, sugar, forage, and other products. The import of foods and live animals to Moldova reduced 1.4% to USD 359.5 million.

In January-August 2014, crops and foods exports grew 1.9 times to USD 132.3 million, the imports falling 6.9% to USD 50.5 million. The export of meat and meat products grew 2.4 times to USD 22.3 million, the import soaring 30.1% to USD 35.8 million. The export of dairy products and eggs made up USD 11.4 million (+7.3%), whereas their import was USD 29.6 million (+2.1%).

The export of sugar, sugar products and honey was USD 47.8 million (almost twice as much) whereas their import was USD 13.4 million (down 56.8%). The export of coffee, tea, spices and their derivatives made USD 4.2 million (+9%), whereas their import was USD 31.9 million (- 1.2%). Forage, non-milled crops excepted, was exported at a total of USD 14.4 million (6.7 times as much) and imported at an amount of USD 20 million (+33.4%).

The export of foods and food additives was USD 1.6 million (-14.6%), their import making USD 50.7 million (+4.9%). The export of livestock amounted to \\$4.8 million (+1.7%), the import being USD 12.4 million 2.6 times as much). The import of fish and seafood to Moldova was \\$30.7 million (-1.5%) in the reporting period.