Macedonia by this past December exported goods in amount of 3.863 billion US dollars and imported goods worth 5.981 billion US dollars.
According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, import coverage by export was 64.6% and the trade deficit in the period between January and November 2013 was 2.118.531 thousand US dollars.
The trade exchange according to products shows that in the exports the most significant products are supported catalysts with precious metal or precious metal compounds as the active substance, ferro-nickel, iron and steel products (flat-rolled products), clothes and petroleum oil preparations. In the imports, the most significant products are the petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude), platinum and platinum alloys, unwrought or in powder form, electricity and motor vehicles for the transport of persons.
In the period January-November 2013, the most important export partners were the 28 EU countries (72.6%) and Western Balkan countries (17.9%), while the most important import partners were the EU-28 countries (62.4%).
According to the total volume of international commodity trade, Macedonia's most important trade partners are Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Serbia and Italy (49.9% of the total international commodity trade).