According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-February 2021 amounted to 66 118 493 thousand denars, a 9.9 % increase compared to the same period last year. The value of imported goods in the same period was 84 377 119 thousand denars, or 4.5 % more than the same period last year.
The trade deficit in the period January-February 2021 was 18 258 626 thousand denars.
Import coverage by export in the period January-February 2021 was 78.4 %.
The external trade by products shows that in the exports the most significant products are supported catalysts with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships, parts of the seats of subgroup 821.1 and ferronickel. In the imports, the most significant products are other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form, ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses, platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form and petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude).
In the period January-February 2021, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the Republic of North Macedonia were Germany, Great Britain, Serbia, Greece and China.
External trade expressed in euros and US dollars
Expressed in euros, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-February 2021 amounted to 1 072 524 thousand euros, a 9.8 % increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 1 368 640 thousand euros, or 4.4 % more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period JanuaryFebruary 2021 was 296 116 thousand euros.
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-February 2021 amounted to 1 301 104 thousand US dollars, a 21.1 % increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 1 659 766 thousand US dollars, or 15.1 % more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-February 2021 was 358 663 thousand US dollars