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31.03.2017

Balance of payments for 2016 (preliminary data)




Balance of payments for 2016 (preliminary data)

According to preliminary data, in 2016, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 276.58 million (down by 33.3 percent as compared to 2015), the capital account registered a deficit of US$ 46.71 million and the financial account recorded a net inflow of US$ 289.99 million.

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

 

2015

Q I

2016

Q II

2016

Q III 2016

Q IV 2016

2016

2016 / 2015 (%)

 CURRENT ACCOUNT

-414.84

-79.68

-75.97

-98.71

-22.22

-276.58

66.7

  Goods and services

-1,956.99

-413.62

-480.71

-473.70

-476.71

-1,844.74

94.3

   Goods

-2,087.86

-456.39

-530.83

-535.87

-533.53

-2,056.62

98.5

     exports (FOB)

1,506.94

304.94

360.22

392.72

489.48

1,547.36

102.7

     imports (FOB)

3,594.80

761.33

891.05

928.59

1,023.01

3,603.98

100.3

   Services

130.87

42.77

50.12

62.17

56.82

211.88

161.9

     exports 

968.38

221.54

258.89

284.01

282.67

1,047.11

108.1

     imports 

837.51

178.77

208.77

221.84

225.85

835.23

99.7

  Primary income

457.89

91.82

129.35

104.43

123.55

449.15

98.1

     inflow, of which:

816.83

155.17

193.99

208.39

187.84

745.39

91.3

       compensation of employees

783.15

148.50

186.16

199.91

179.94

714.51

91.2

       investment income

36.52

7.63

8.60

8.99

8.45

33.67

92.2

     outflow, of which:

358.94

63.35

64.64

103.96

64.29

296.24

82.5

       investment income

275.81

46.28

47.85

87.81

46.22

228.16

82.7

  Secondary income

1,084.26

242.12

275.39

270.56

330.94

1,119.01

103.2

     inflow, of which:

1,227.45

270.94

307.48

305.78

364.03

1,248.23

101.7

       current international cooperation

193.66

39.67

42.38

40.61

90.47

213.13

110.1

       personal transfers

756.97

166.12

194.54

190.95

198.81

750.42

99.1

     outflow

143.19

28.82

32.09

35.22

33.09

129.22

90.2

 CAPITAL ACCOUNT

22.88

-10.15

-11.58

-17.35

-7.63

-46.71

-

Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current and capital account balance)

-391.96

-89.83

-87.55

-116.06

-29.85

-323.29

82.5

 FINANCIAL ACCOUNT

-443.72

-145.67

-64.81

-85.98

6.47

-289.99

65.4

   Direct investment

-227.94

-32.40

4.45

-66.60

-15.09

-109.64

48.1

     net acquisition of financial assets

6.47

8.73

4.91

0.71

0.40

14.75

 2.3 times

     net incurrence of liabilities, of which:

234.41

41.13

0.46

67.31

15.49

124.39

53.1

       equity other than reinvestment of earnings

72.12

16.37

9.58

17.42

22.80

66.17

91.7

       reinvestment of earnings

123.05

21.86

16.81

58.46

-3.78

93.35

75.9

       debt instruments

39.24

2.90

-25.93

-8.57

-3.53

-35.13

-

   Portfolio investment

-2.27

-0.17

-0.01

-0.03

-0.55

-0.76

33.5

     net acquisition of financial assets

1.05

-0.02

0.11

0.01

-0.47

-0.37

-

     net incurrence of liabilities

3.32

0.15

0.12

0.04

0.08

0.39

11.7

   Financial derivatives – banks, net

-0.70

-0.20

-0.29

-0.10

1.08

0.49

-

   Other investment

93.68

-97.36

-231.19

-301.13

-81.54

-711.22

-

     net acquisition of financial assets

41.46

-112.44

-177.19

-146.20

42.95

-392.88

-

        currency and deposits 

88.69

-95.86

-160.83

-179.81

59.50

-377.00

-

        loans

-1.04

0.43

0.76

-2.11

-0.09

-1.01

97.1

        trade credit and advances 

-46.19

-17.01

-17.12

35.72

-16.46

-14.87

32.2

     net incurrence of liabilities

-52.22

-15.08

54.00

154.93

124.49

318.34

-

        currency and deposits 

-119.75

-11.49

3.47

4.81

4.04

0.83

-

        loans

20.01

-20.92

4.83

54.62

93.44

131.97

6.6 times

        trade credit and advances 

51.99

18.33

46.70

96.50

28.01

189.54

3.6 times

        other accounts payable

-4.47

-1.00

-1.00

-1.00

-1.00

-4.00

89.5

   Reserve assets

-306.49

-15.54

162.23

281.88

102.57

531.14

-

Net errors and omissions

-51.76

-55.84

22.74

30.08

36.32

33.30

-

Note:

             

Money transfers from abroad in favor of individuals via licensed banks, net

1,129.36

223.49

279.44

293.81

282.50

1,079.24

95.6

 

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:

Balance of payments (BPM6)

Balance of payments

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