OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2014. Over the reporting period, Moldova exported to Russia commodities amounting to USD279,2 million, 17% down from USD 336,4 million while Russia exported to Moldova commodities at an amount of USD 1 billion 143.5 million, the RF Federal Customs Service report.

In January-October, 2014, the unfavourable balance of Moldova's trade with Russia made up \\$864.3 million, up 32.4% as compared with the same period of 2013. Moldova’s share in Russia’s total sales volume stayed unchanged at 0.2%.

As InfoMarket reported earlier, bilateral trade between Moldova, Transnistria included, and RF was USD 1 billion 738.4 million in 2013, down 16.7% year-on-year. Moldova’s exports to RF decreased 12.5% to USD 417.5 million, Russia’s exports to Moldova declining 17.9% to USD 1 billion 320.9 million. In 2013 the unfavourable trade balance of Moldova with Russia reached USD 903.4 million, down 20.2% year-on-year. Russia exports to Moldova mineral row materials, foods, chemicals, machines, equipment and transport means chiefly, the RF Federal Customs Service reports.

Moldova exports to Russia foodstuffs and agricultural feedstock, metals and metal work, machines, equipment and vehicles, textile and knitted wear. The structure of goods turned over between RF on the one hand and the right- and the left -bank parts of Moldova on the other one differs essentially. In the trade with Transnistria, industrial goods are dominant, whereas in the trade with Moldova agricultural products prevail.