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 2022 amounted to 161 718 572 thousand denars, a 15.2% increase compared to the same period last year.
The value of imported goods in the same period was 241 937 565 thousand denars, or 27.3% more than the same period last year.
The trade deficit in the period January-April 2022 was 80 218 993 thousand denars.
Import coverage by export in the period January-April 2022 was 66.8%.
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, ferro-nickel and parts of the seats of subgroup 821.1. In the imports, the most significant products are petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form, electricity and colloidal precious metals; compounds, inorganic or organic, of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals.
In the period January-April 2022, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the Republic of North Macedonia were Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia.
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 2022 amounted to 2 622 000 thousand euros, a 15.1% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 3 922 662 thousand euros, or 27.3% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-April 2022 was 1 300 662 thousand euros.
The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-April 2022 amounted to 2 914 835 thousand US dollars, a 6.4% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 4 360 394 thousand US dollars, or 17.7% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-April 2022 was 1 445 559 thousand US dollars.