+A   |  -A
Skip Navigation Links
www.stat.gov.mk uses cookies required for full site functionality. Your presence on our website implies that you agree to the use of these cookies. For more details read the Cookie Policy.


              


Theme: Foreign Trade


External trade, January - September 2021

05.11.2021


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-September 2021 amounted to 315 853 724 thousand denars, a 26.3% increase compared to the same period last year. The value of imported goods in the same period was   429 602 777 thousand denars, or 30.4% more than the same period last year.

The trade deficit in the period January-September 2021 was 113 749 053 thousand denars.

Import coverage by export in the period January-September 2021 was 73.5%.

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-September 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.

Expressed in euros, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-September 2021 amounted to 5 126 659 thousand euros, a 26.4% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 6 972 904 thousand euros, or 30.5% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period JanuarySeptember 2021 was 1 846 245 thousand euros.

The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-September 2021 amounted to 6 133 253 thousand US dollars, a 33.8% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 8 341 164 thousand US dollars, or 38.5% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-September 2021 was 2 207 912 thousand US dollars.

 






  Download the entire news release

    Download tables


Data in the published news release are free of charge. When using the data, please cite the source.
For further information, please contact:

phone: +389 2 3295 666

e-mail: press@stat.gov.mk 
  



  News releases
 
 
  Latest news release
  All news releases


 Metadata

   MAKStat database


© State Statistical Office