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-November 2021 amounted to 390 084 637 thousand denars, a 20.9% increase compared to the same period last
year. The value of imported goods in the same period was 535 648 203 thousand denars, or 27.7% more than the same period last year.
The trade deficit in the period January-November 2021 was 145 563 566 thousand denars.
Import coverage by export in the period January-November 2021 was 72.8 %.
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, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude),
platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form and ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses.
In the period January-November 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-November 2021
amounted to 6 329 888 thousand euros, a 21.0% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in
the same period was 8 691 826 thousand euros, or 27.8% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-
November 2021 was 2 361 938 thousand euros.
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-November 2021 amounted to 7 518 231
thousand US dollars, a 25.9% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period
was 10 319 711 thousand US dollars, or 33.2% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-November
2021 was 2 801 480 thousand US dollars.