September 7 (SeeNews) - Moldova's trade deficit increased by 22.2% year-on-year to $1.35 billion (1.13 billion euro) in the first seven months of 2017, the country's statistical bureau, BNS, said on Thursday.
Moldova's exports rose 13.9% on the year to $1.22 billion in the January-July period, while imports totalled $2.58 billion, up 18.1%.
In July alone, Moldova's exports rose 15.7% on the year to $191.6 million, whereas imports increased 26.3% to $396.8 million.
Moldova's trade deficit decreased 2.2% to $1.97 billion last year.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
|
Jan-July 2017 |
y/y change |
Exports |
1,219.9 |
+13.9% |
Imports |
2,578.3 |
+18.1% |
Trade balance |
-1,358.4 |
+22.2% |
Source: BNS
($ = 0.8477 euro)