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External trade scope of the Republic of Macedonia - monthly releases
08.02.2010
The international trade volume of the Republic of Macedonia in the period
January-December 2009 decreased by 28.6% in comparison with the
international trade volume in the same period in 2008
According to the State Statistical Office preliminary data the export value of goods in the Republic of Macedonia
in the period January-December 2009 was 2 691 528 thousand US dollars, and the import value was 5 043 115
thousands US dollars. Import coverage with export was 53.4%.
The trade deficit in the period January-December 2009 was 2 351 587 thousand US dollars.The trade exchange by
products shows that in the exports the most significant products are iron and steel products (flat-rolled products),
clothes, ferro-nickel and petroleum oil preparations. In the imports, the most significant products are crude petroleum
oils, electricity and motor vehicles for transport of persons.
In the period January-December 2009, the most important trade partners were the EU 27 countries (56.2%) and
the West Balkan countries (37.2%), and in the import the most important trade partners were the EU 27 countries
(52.2%) and the Developing countries (26.7%). According to the total commodity international trade volume, Republic
of Macedonia’s most important trade partners are Germany, Serbia, Greece, Italy and Russia (45.6% from the total
commodity international trade exchange).
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