The exports-to-imports ratio was 32.8% through September, down from 36.5% a year earlier, the statistics office said in a statement.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
Jan-Sept'08 | y/y pct change | |
Exports | 1,203.3 | +30.4% |
Imports | 3,672.0 | +45.1% |
Balance | 2,468.7 | +53.6% |
Moldova's government projects that the country's trade deficit will rise to $3.53 billion this year from $2.35 billion in 2007.
($=0.7809 euro)