OREANDA-NEWS. On January 20, 2009 This was informed by the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of Moldova, specifying that 296 enterprises with the Russian capital are registered in Moldova.

The total amount of their equity makes US 177.4 million. The Ministry of economy and commerce stresses that Russian Federation is one of the main trade partners of Moldova, ranking the second in the list of the main trade partners of the country.

According to the Moldovan side, in January-November 2008, trade turnover of Moldova and Russia amounted to US 875.8 million (excluding Transnistria). Negative trade balance of Moldova with Russia amounted to US 281.4 million, increasing by 26,4% in comparison with the same period of 2007. Export of Moldovan goods to Russia grew by 40.7% - to US 297.2 million.

Import of Russian products to Moldova increased by 33.3% - up to US 578.6 million. The share of Russia in the total volume of Moldovan export has increased from 17,4% up to 20,1%, and import decreased from 13.2% up to 12.9%, respectively.

Moldova mostly exports agro-food products: wines, cognacs, green grocery canned food, juices as well as machinery, steel, and textiles. Moldova imports from Russia power resources as well as food, beverages, tobacco, machinery, appliances, electrical equipment and chemical products.