Moldova in 2021, compared with 2020, increased imports of energy and electricity in value terms by 1.9 times - up to $1 billion 037.37 million.
These are the data of the Balance of Payments for 2021, released by the National Bank. The value of energy and electricity imports to Moldova in the first quarter of 2021 was $192.03 million, in the second quarter of 2021 - $188.73 million, in the third quarter of 2021 - $248.12 million and in the fourth quarter of 2021 - $408.49 million (the same periods of the previous year - $203.85 million, $94.33 million, $107.54 million and $153.87 million). Thus, in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to the same period of 2020, imports of energy and electricity to Moldova increased in value terms by 2.7 times, which was mainly due to higher prices for natural gas, diesel fuel and gasoline. In particular, in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, The imports of natural gas to the country increased in value terms by 4.8 times - from $45.81 million to $217.79 million, diesel fuel - by 78% - from $68.4 million to $121.78 million, gasoline - by 64% - from $20.29 million to $33.28 million and coal - by 56.9% - from $3.62 million to $5.68 million. At the same time, in the fourth quarter of 2021, electricity imports from Ukraine amounted to $0.18 million (over the same period last year - $1.45 million). The decrease was due to a decrease in physical volumes of electricity supplies. According to NBM data, overall in 2021, compared to 2020, Moldova increased imports of diesel fuel in value terms by 65.6% - from $254.3 million (in 2020) to $421.21 million (in 2021), natural gas - by 2.3 times - from $162.03 million to $376.59 million, gasoline - by 75% - from $70.18 million to $122.8 million, coal - by 16.6% - from $13.9 million to $16.21 million. Electricity imports were $7.74 million ($9.56 million a year earlier). And energy imports under "other" section grew 87%, from $49.62 million in 2020 to $92.82 million in 2021. // 05.04.2022 - InfoMarket
