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-April 2021 amounted to 140 438 536 thousand denars, a 40.8% increase compared to the same period last year.
The value of imported goods in the same period was 189 992 226 thousand denars, or 34.5% more than the same period last year.
The trade deficit in the period January-April 2021 was 49 553 691 thousand denars.
Import coverage by export in the period January-April 2021 was 73.9%.
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-April 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-April 2021 amounted to 2 278 124 thousand euros, a 40.7% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 3 081 929 thousand euros, or 34.4% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-April 2021 was 803 805 thousand euros.
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-April 2021 amounted to 2 739 362 thousand US dollars, a 53.7% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 3 704 130 thousand US dollars, or 46.8% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-April 2021 was 964 769 thousand US dollars.