According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in
the period January-May 2018 amounted to 139 407 642 thousand denars, a 14.1% increase compared to the same period last year.The value of imported goods in the same period was 186 324 692 thousand denars, or 9.4% more than the same period last year.
The trade deficit in the period January-May 2018 was 46 917 050 thousand denars.
Import coverage by export in the period January-May 2018 was 74.8%.
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 motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or more persons, including the driver, with compressionignition internal combustion engine (diesel or semi-diesel). In the imports, the most significant products are the platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, not clad, plated or coated and other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form.
In the period January-May 2018, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the Republic of
Macedonia were Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria.
| External trade volume I-V 2018 |
Import coverage by export |
| 325 732 333 thousand denars |
74.8 % |
| 5 293 352 thousand euros |
74.8% |
| 6 454 330 thousand US dollars |
74.7% |