For six months of this year, the foreign trade exchange amounted to 33,191.1 million euros, which represents an increase of 0.8 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the Republic Statistical Office (RZS) announced.
The value of exported goods was 14,584.1 million euros, which represents a growth of 9.4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
The import of goods had a value of 18,607.0 million euros, which represents a decrease of five percent compared to the same period in 2022.
According to RZS data, the coverage of import by export is 78.4 percent and is higher than the coverage in the same period of the previous year, when it was 68 percent.
Observed regionally, the largest share in Serbia’s exports was the region of Vojvodina (32.8 percent), followed by the Belgrade region (24.4 percent), Šumadija and Western Serbia (20.7 percent), and the region of Southern and Eastern Serbia (19.2 percent ), and about 2.8 percent of exports are unclassified by territory.
The Belgrade region had the largest share in Serbia’s imports with 42.2 percent.
They are followed by the Region of Vojvodina, Šumadija and Western Serbia and Southern and Eastern Serbia.
Foreign trade in goods was the largest with the countries with which Serbia has signed free trade agreements, while the member countries of the European Union account for 59.9 percent of the total exchange.
The main foreign trade partners, when it comes to exports, were Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Hungary and Romania.
When it comes to the import of goods, the main partners were Germany, China, Italy, Russia and Turkey.
In the list of the top five exported products, the first place is occupied by the export of sets of conductors for aircraft, vehicles and ships ($165 million).
The second place belongs to the export of electricity ($93 million), and the third place is the export of copper ore and concentrate, with $83 million.
It is followed by the export of refined copper, with 68 million dollars, while the last place belongs to the export of parts and accessories for motor vehicles, with 51 million.
The list of the top five imported products shows that crude oil ($204 million) is the first imported product. The second most important is the import of medicines for retail sale ($93 million), followed by electricity ($64 million), natural gas ($63 million) and diesel cars, over 1,500 but under 2,500 cubic meters, with $39 million.
