State Statistical Office: International trade volume, January

Theme: Foreign Trade

International trade volume, January - August 2014

03.10.2014

According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, the export value of goods in the Republic of Macedonia in the
period January - August 2014 was 3 208 293 thousand US dollars, and the import value was 4 806 779 thousands US dollars. Import coverage by export was 66.7%. The trade deficit in the period January - August 2014 was 1 598 486 thousand US dollars.

The trade exchange according to products shows that in the exports the most significant products are supported catalysts with
precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, ferro-nickel, ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets
of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships, iron and steel products (flat-rolled products) and clothes. In the imports, the most
significant products are petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), the platinum and platinum
alloys, unwrought or in powder form, electricity and other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in
powder form.

In the period January - August 2014 the most important export partners were the EU-28 countries (77.8%) and the West Balkan
countries (13.9%), and the most important import partners were the EU-28 countries (64.1%) and Miscellaneous-countries not
specified extra (11.4%). According to the total volume of international commodity trade, the most important trade partners of
the Republic of Macedonia are Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Serbia and Italy (52.6% of the total international commodity
trade).

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