The country's current account deficit narrowed by an annual 7.3% to $352.17 million (272.9 million euro) in the first half of 2012, BNM said in a statement.
The net inflow of foreign direct investments to Moldova totalled $79.08 million in January-June, down from $128.99 million a year earlier, it added.
Moldova's trade deficit totalled $1.344 billion in the first quarter of the year, up from $1.301 billion a year earlier, BNM also said.
Details follow (in millions of U.S. dollars):
Balance of payments | H1'12 | H1'11 |
Current account | -352.17 | -379.73 |
-trade | -1,344.96 | 1,301.16 |
-services | -34.27 | 1.91 |
-income | 329.75 | 250.70 |
-current transfers | 697.31 | 668.82 |
Financial account | 195.81 | 283.22 |
-direct investments | 79.08 | 128.99 |
-portfolio investments | 4.26 | 2.32 |
-other investments | 245.45 | 270.43 |
-reserve assets | -114.21 | -111.17 |
Net errors and omissions | 156.36 | 96.51 |
($ = 0.775 euro)