Skopje, 5 August 2022 (MIA) – The total value of exported goods from the country in the January-June 2022 period amounted to 4,097,486,000 euros, which is a 20.2 percent increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 5,974,699,000 euros, or an increase of 28.7 percent, said the State Statistical Office of North Macedonia in a press release. The trade deficit in the same period was 1,877,213,000 euro, while the import coverage by export was 68.6 percent. According to the State Statistical Office, the external trade by products shows that when it comes to 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, ferro-nickel and parts of the seats of subgroup 821.1. In the imports, the most significant products are petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form, the electricity and colloidal precious metals; compounds, inorganic or organic, of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals. In the January-June 2022 period, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the country were Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria. ad/ba/