Moldova's trade deficit in the first half of 2022 was $2 billion 056.6 million, up 6.3% (+$122 million) from the same period in 2021.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that in June 2022, Moldova's trade deficit was $349.4 million, down $7.3 million (2%) from the previous month, and $13.4 million (3.7%) from June of the previous year. In total, for 6 months in 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, the trade deficit of Moldova with the EU countries decreased by 14.8% - to $587.1 million, with the CIS countries - increased by 38.8% - to $741.3 million, and with other states - increased by 2.4% - up to $728.2 million. According to the NBS, the largest trade deficit of Moldova in January-June 2022 was in trade with Russia - $546.7 million (up 2 .2 times compared to the same period in 2021). At the same time, the trade deficit of Moldova with China for 6 months in 2022 amounted to $405.6 million (+7.3%, compared to the same period in 2021), with Germany - $158.8 million (+15.7%), with Ukraine - $148 million (-42.6 %), India - $112.4 million (up 5.1 times), Turkey - $96.6 million (-19.2%), Poland - $82.1 million (+12.9%), France - $79.6 million (+15.9%), Hungary - $65.2 million (+46.1%), USA - $48.8 million (+16.9%), Spain - $39.7 million (+45.2% ), Romania - $38.4 million (-18.6%), Italy - $33.4 million (-73.5%), Austria - 29.7 million (-23.9%), South Korea - $29 million ( +37.4%), Japan - $27.2 million (-10.8%), Belarus - $23.8 million (-13.5%). //22.08.2022 - InfoMarket.
