Balance of payments for 2017 (preliminary data) [1]
In 2017, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 616.94 million, which deteriorated 2.2 times as compared to 2016. The capital account registered a deficit of US$ 30.41 million and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 569.77 million..
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)
|
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2017 / 2016 (%) |
|
CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-490.31 |
-567.69 |
-467.72 |
-285.58 |
-616.94 |
216.0 |
|
Goods |
-3,138.41 |
-3,040.71 |
-2,123.47 |
-2,087.98 |
-2,569.00 |
123.0 |
|
Services |
154.50 |
121.25 |
125.02 |
218.20 |
315.29 |
144.5 |
|
Primary income |
894.13 |
822.33 |
450.11 |
460.65 |
510.80 |
110.9 |
|
Secondary income |
1,599.47 |
1,529.44 |
1,080.62 |
1,123.55 |
1,125.97 |
100.2 |
|
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
107.10 |
147.18 |
54.87 |
-20.79 |
-30.41 |
146.3 |
|
Net borrowing (current and capital account balance) |
-383.21 |
-420.51 |
-412.85 |
-306.37 |
-647.35 |
211.3 |
|
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-298.40 |
-500.81 |
-458.05 |
-214.56 |
-569.77 |
265.6 |
|
Direct investment, net |
-211.12 |
-301.02 |
-209.12 |
-74.68 |
-205.77 |
275.5 |
|
Portfolio investment, net |
-2.98 |
-7.23 |
-4.04 |
-0.36 |
-1.00 |
277.8 |
|
Financial derivatives, net |
-0.11 |
-0.61 |
-0.70 |
0.49 |
-0.43 |
- |
|
Other investment, net |
-366.24 |
346.50 |
62.30 |
-671.15 |
-893.77 |
133.2 |
|
Reserve assets |
282.05 |
-538.45 |
-306.49 |
531.14 |
531.20 |
100.0 |
|
Net errors and omissions |
84.81 |
-80.30 |
-45.20 |
91.81 |
77.58 |
84.5 |
Time series are available starting from 1995 for the balance of payments according to BPM5 and from 2009 for the balance of payments according to BPM6.