State Statistical Office: International trade volume, January

Theme: Foreign Trade

International trade volume, January - September 2014

04.11.2014

According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, the export value of goods in the Republic of Macedonia in
the period January - September 2014 was 3 694 254 thousand US dollars, and the import value was 5 418 869 thousand US
dollars. Import coverage by export was 68.2%. The trade deficit in the period January - September 2014 was 1 724 615 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 - September 2014, the most important export partners were the EU-28 countries (77.2%) and the West
Balkan countries (13.8%), while the most important import partners were the EU-28 countries (64.1%) and Miscellaneous -
countries not specified extra (11.3%). 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 (52.4% of the total international
commodity trade).

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