Skopje, 9 September 2021 (MIA) – Trade in the period January-July 2021 amounted to EUR 9,440,427,000, State Statistical Office data shows. The value of exported goods in January-July 2021 amounted to EUR 3,996,058,000, a 34.6% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was EUR 5,444,369,000 or 34% more than the same period last year. Trade deficit in period January-July was EUR 1,448,311,000, while import coverage by export was 73.4%. 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 the platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form, petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form. The most important trade partners of the Republic of North Macedonia in period January-July 2021 were Germany, Great Britain, Serbia, Greece and China.