The volume of trade turnover between Moldova and Romania over 8 months of 2016 amounted to $873.06 million of which the Moldovan export equaled $344.92 million, and the Romanian import – to $528.14 million.
In Romania’s trade with the countries outside the European Union, Moldova ranks the 4th place in export terms (purchase of Romanian products) after Turkey ($1.4 billion), US ($0.7 billion) and Russia ($0.7 billion), as well as the 8th place in import terms (supplies to the Romanian market), after Turkey, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, South Korea, etc.
At the same time, for Moldova, Romania is the EU’s main trading partner with a share of 31.6%, and ranks the first place, both in exports and in imports. The priority areas of the bilateral cooperation between Moldova and Romania are the following: energy, trade, agriculture, industry, small and medium enterprises and business environment, transport, regional development and infrastructure, cross-border cooperation, environmental protection, water and forestry, education, research and innovation, regulation, standardization, metrology, accreditation, conformity assessment and industrial safety, tourism, and the banking sector. (InfoMarket/Business World Magazine)