Skopje, 7 December 2021 (MIA) – The total value of exported goods from the Republic of North Macedonia in the period January-October 2021 amounted to USD 6,816,423,000, a 29% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was USD 9,302,587,000, or 34.4% more than the same period last year, State Statistical Office data shows. According to the SSO, the trade deficit in the period January-October 2021 was USD 2,486,164,000. The external trade by products shows that in the exports the most significant products are supported catalysts with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships, parts of the seats of subgroup 821.1 and ferronickel. In the imports, the most significant products are other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form and ceramic wares for laboratory, chemical or other technical uses. In the period January-October 2021, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the Republic of North Macedonia were Germany, Great Britain, Serbia, Greece and China.