Balance of payments for Q II 2016 (preliminary data) [1]
In Q II 2016, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of US$ 92.21 million (down by 27.4 percent compared to April-June 2015), the capital account registered a negative balance of US$ 11.76 million and the financial account recorded a net inflow of US$ 49.56 million.
Balance of payments of the Republic of Moldova (BPM6) – main aggregates (US$ million)
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2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
Sem. I. 2015 |
Sem. I. 2016 |
Q II 2016 / |
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Q I |
Q II |
Q I |
Q II |
Q I |
Q II |
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CURRENT ACCOUNT |
-161.79 |
-111.52 |
-138.50 |
-127.03 |
-94.35 |
-92.21 |
-265.53 |
-186.56 |
72.6 |
Goods and services |
-627.56 |
-726.64 |
-472.85 |
-494.24 |
-413.30 |
-477.92 |
-967.09 |
-891.22 |
96.7 |
Goods |
-660.30 |
-754.44 |
-499.40 |
-519.42 |
-456.33 |
-533.00 |
-1,018.82 |
-989.33 |
102.6 |
exports (FOB) |
437.93 |
447.36 |
380.15 |
386.66 |
304.74 |
360.06 |
766.81 |
664.80 |
93.1 |
imports (FOB) |
1,098.23 |
1,201.80 |
879.55 |
906.08 |
761.07 |
893.06 |
1,785.63 |
1,654.13 |
98.6 |
Services |
32.74 |
27.80 |
26.55 |
25.18 |
43.03 |
55.08 |
51.73 |
98.11 |
2.2 times |
exports |
259.50 |
294.55 |
216.34 |
243.91 |
222.78 |
262.66 |
460.25 |
485.44 |
107.7 |
imports |
226.76 |
266.75 |
189.79 |
218.73 |
179.75 |
207.58 |
408.52 |
387.33 |
94.9 |
Primary income |
157.28 |
218.48 |
94.78 |
72.87 |
86.14 |
118.65 |
167.65 |
204.79 |
162.8 |
inflow, of which: |
225.54 |
306.39 |
185.06 |
219.36 |
155.14 |
187.93 |
404.42 |
343.07 |
85.7 |
compensation of employees |
214.49 |
294.22 |
175.06 |
210.68 |
148.47 |
180.12 |
385.74 |
328.59 |
85.5 |
investment income |
11.73 |
13.07 |
10.48 |
9.19 |
7.62 |
8.59 |
19.67 |
16.21 |
93.5 |
outflow, of which: |
68.26 |
87.91 |
90.28 |
146.49 |
69.00 |
69.28 |
236.77 |
138.28 |
47.3 |
investment income |
51.31 |
70.57 |
71.93 |
124.56 |
50.84 |
51.34 |
196.49 |
102.18 |
41.2 |
Secondary income |
308.49 |
396.64 |
239.57 |
294.34 |
232.81 |
267.06 |
533.91 |
499.87 |
90.7 |
inflow, of which: |
340.65 |
434.54 |
271.51 |
331.47 |
262.00 |
299.39 |
602.98 |
561.39 |
90.3 |
current international cooperation |
55.09 |
77.55 |
48.41 |
47.86 |
40.32 |
39.59 |
96.27 |
79.91 |
82.7 |
personal transfers |
215.37 |
270.45 |
171.18 |
200.19 |
166.13 |
187.21 |
371.37 |
353.34 |
93.5 |
outflow |
32.16 |
37.90 |
31.94 |
37.13 |
29.19 |
32.33 |
69.07 |
61.52 |
87.1 |
CAPITAL ACCOUNT |
1.59 |
48.09 |
-4.63 |
8.79 |
-11.02 |
-11.76 |
4.16 |
-22.78 |
- |
Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-) (current and capital account balance) |
-160.20 |
-63.43 |
-143.13 |
-118.24 |
-105.37 |
-103.97 |
-261.37 |
-209.34 |
87.9 |
FINANCIAL ACCOUNT |
-194.36 |
-4.60 |
-200.57 |
-125.03 |
-50.78 |
-49.56 |
-325.60 |
-100.34 |
39.6 |
Direct investment |
-141.90 |
-0.77 |
-144.55 |
-76.60 |
-30.90 |
5.80 |
-221.15 |
-25.10 |
- |
net acquisition of financial assets |
-0.62 |
6.88 |
3.60 |
0.53 |
8.74 |
9.35 |
4.13 |
18.09 |
17.6 times |
net incurrence of liabilities |
141.28 |
7.65 |
148.15 |
77.13 |
39.64 |
3.55 |
225.28 |
43.19 |
4.6 |
equity and investment fund shares |
51.18 |
79.47 |
62.25 |
99.66 |
33.23 |
26.39 |
161.91 |
59.62 |
26.5 |
debt instruments |
90.10 |
-71.82 |
85.90 |
-22.53 |
6.41 |
-22.84 |
63.37 |
-16.43 |
101.4 |
Portfolio investment |
-5.19 |
-3.93 |
-1.39 |
-1.50 |
0.01 |
0.11 |
-2.89 |
0.12 |
- |
net acquisition of financial assets |
-2.00 |
0.36 |
0.81 |
-0.17 |
-0.02 |
0.11 |
0.64 |
0.09 |
- |
net incurrence of liabilities |
3.19 |
4.29 |
2.20 |
1.33 |
-0.03 |
3.53 |
-0.03 |
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Financial derivatives (other than reserve assets) – banks, net |
-0.19 |
0.11 |
-0.14 |
-0.23 |
-0.20 |
-0.29 |
-0.37 |
-0.49 |
126.1 |
Other investment |
49.41 |
-14.57 |
258.27 |
-55.71 |
-4.15 |
-217.41 |
202.56 |
-221.56 |
3.9 times |
net acquisition of financial assets |
109.12 |
76.02 |
207.27 |
-58.61 |
-15.69 |
-187.85 |
148.66 |
-203.54 |
3.2 times |
currency and deposits |
105.99 |
85.20 |
215.76 |
-50.91 |
-34.43 |
-213.65 |
164.85 |
-248.08 |
4.2 times |
loans |
-0.03 |
-2.18 |
2.70 |
-4.57 |
0.52 |
-1.13 |
-1.87 |
-0.61 |
24.7 |
trade credit and advances |
3.16 |
-7.00 |
-11.19 |
-3.13 |
18.22 |
26.93 |
-14.32 |
45.15 |
- |
net incurrence of liabilities |
59.71 |
90.59 |
-51.00 |
-2.90 |
-11.54 |
29.56 |
-53.90 |
18.02 |
- |
currency and deposits |
76.74 |
36.66 |
-42.21 |
-18.27 |
-12.05 |
2.90 |
-60.48 |
-9.15 |
- |
loans |
-1.88 |
-4.11 |
-21.65 |
-15.15 |
-26.30 |
6.01 |
-36.80 |
-20.29 |
- |
trade credit and advances |
-12.78 |
59.04 |
13.86 |
31.27 |
27.81 |
21.65 |
45.13 |
49.46 |
69.2 |
other liabilities |
-2.37 |
-1.00 |
-1.00 |
-0.75 |
-1.00 |
-1.00 |
-1.75 |
-2.00 |
133.3 |
Reserve assets |
-96.49 |
14.56 |
-312.76 |
9.01 |
-15.54 |
162.23 |
-303.75 |
146.69 |
18.0 times |
Net errors and omissions |
-34.16 |
58.83 |
-57.44 |
-6.79 |
54.59 |
54.41 |
-64.23 |
109.00 |
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Money transfers from abroad in favor of individuals via licensed banks, net |
314.14 |
454.03 |
243.70 |
306.77 |
224.98 |
280.58 |
550.47 |
505.56 |
91.5 |
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: