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30.06.2021

Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in Quarter I, 2021 (preliminary data)

Statistical bulletin Nr. 2, 2021. Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova in Quarter I, 2021 (preliminary data) [1]


According to preliminary data, in Quarter I, 2021, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 341,72 million, which is -12,8% as a ratio to GDP (-8,2 % in Quarter I, 2020). The capital account registered a negative balance amounting to US$ 16,20 million, and the financial account recorded a net capital inflow of US$ 346,54 million.


Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6), main aggregates (US$ million)

 

2019

I

2019

II

2019

III

2019

IV

2020

I

2020

II

2020

III

2020

IV

2021

I

 I 2021 /

I 2020 (%)

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-237,47

-317,41

-371,39

-192,8

-204,65

-25,47

-334,85

-230,76

-341,72

167,0

  Goods

-701,98

-882,36

-865,26

-862,16

-716,57

-555,29

-907,11

-896,84

-904,56

126,2

  Services

95,7

97,26

76,02

81,65

79,3

90,4

115,82

102,85

94,76

119,5

  Primary income

95,2

179,37

127,15

219,35

152,82

108,65

68,71

142,56

103,81

67,9

  Secondary income

273,61

288,32

290,7

368,36

279,8

330,77

387,73

420,67

364,27

130,2

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-12,64

-11,73

-15,09

-10,42

-10,07

-7,55

-23,44

-20,04

-16,2

160,9

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-250,11

-329,14

-386,48

-203,22

-214,72

-33,02

-358,29

-250,8

-357,92

166,7

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-271,34

-341,08

-372,78

-155,82

-175,07

-50,31

-437,94

-279,3

-346,54

197,9

   Direct investment, net

-111,31

-264,27

-63,11

-22,83

-21,81

23,76

-47,75

-20,58

-48,21

2,2 times

   Portfolio investment, net

0,1

4,36

-0,03

0,29

-0,25

1,05

-0,08

0,14

-0,17

68,0

   Financial derivatives, net

0,05

-0,15

0,27

0,13

-0,54

-0,15

0,37

-0,09

-0,17

31,5

   Other investment, net

16,3

-170,32

-374,97

-216,02

-61,23

-309,72

-614,88

-528,27

-263,43

 4,3 times

   Change in reserve assets

-176,48

89,3

65,06

82,61

-91,24

234,75

224,4

269,5

-34,56

37,9

Net errors and omissions

-21,23

-11,94

13,7

47,4

39,65

-17,29

-79,65

-28,5

11,38

28,7

 

% to GDP

p.p.

CURRENT ACCOUNT

-9,9

-11,4

-10,2

-6,1

-8,2

-1,0

-9,1

-7,0

-12,8

-4,6

  Goods

-29,2

-31,8

-23,8

-27,4

-28,8

-22,1

-24,7

-27,3

-34,0

-5,2

  Services

4,0

3,5

2,1

2,6

3,2

3,6

3,2

3,1

3,6

0,4

  Primary income

4,0

6,5

3,5

7,0

6,2

4,3

1,9

4,3

3,9

-2,3

  Secondary income

11,4

10,4

8,0

11,7

11,3

13,2

10,6

12,8

13,7

2,4

CAPITAL ACCOUNT

-0,5

-0,4

-0,4

-0,3

-0,4

-0,3

-0,6

-0,6

-0,6

-0,2

Net borrowing (current and capital account balance)

-10,4

-11,9

-10,7

-6,5

-8,6

-1,3

-9,8

-7,6

-13,5

-4,8

FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-11,3

-12,3

-10,3

-4,9

-7,0

-2,0

-11,9

-8,5

-13,0

-6,0

   Direct investment, net

-4,6

-9,5

-1,7

-0,7

-0,9

0,9

-1,3

-0,6

-1,8

-0,9

   Portfolio investment and financial derivatives, net

0,0

0,2

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

   Other investment, net

0,7

-6,1

-10,3

-6,9

-2,5

-12,3

-16,7

-16,1

-9,9

-7,4

   Change in reserve assets

-7,3

3,2

1,8

2,6

-3,7

9,3

6,1

8,2

-1,3

2,4

p.p. – percentage points.

 


Time series in the Interactive database:

  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in standard presentation [2];
  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in detailed presentation [3];
  • Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) in analytic presentation [4].
See also
Tags
  • statistics [5]
  • balance of payments [6]
  • macroeconomic indicators [7]
  • external sector [8]
  • current account [9]
  • external trade [10]
  • export [11]
  • import [12]
  • remittances [13]
  • financial account [14]
  • foreign direct investment [15]
  • loans [16]

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[1] http://bnm.md/files/Buletin_statistic_2_2021_2.xls [2] http://bnm.md/bdi/pages/reports/dbp/DBP17.xhtml?id=0&lang=en [3] http://bnm.md/bdi/pages/reports/dbp/DBP16.xhtml?id=0&lang=en [4] http://bnm.md/bdi/pages/reports/dbp/DBP22.xhtml?id=0&lang=en [5] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=statistics [6] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=balance of payments [7] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=macroeconomic indicators [8] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=external sector [9] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=current account [10] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=external trade [11] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=export [12] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=import [13] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=remittances [14] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=financial account [15] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=foreign direct investment [16] http://bnm.md/en/search?hashtags[0]=loans