Vladimir Sandaza. Foreign trade turnover of Transnistria for January, February and early March 2015 decreased by 27%, said the Minister of economic development of the PMR Alevtina Sinchenko at the meeting in the government, said Wednesday the press service of the government.

according to the Minister, during this period, a decrease of exports by 23% and imports by 30% compared with the same period last year. Sinchenko said that in March it is expected to decrease in the volume of industrial production from 17% to 19%. In her vision, the main reasons for this decline are considered to be unfavorable situation in foreign trade activities, as well as the devaluation of the currencies of neighboring countries.

Positive thing the Minister said a time of increased production volumes in the enterprise printing and separate the food industry, providing the domestic market.

Transnistria, 60% of the inhabitants are Russians and Ukrainians, sought to secede from Moldova even before the destruction of the USSR, fearing that the wave of nationalism Moldova joining Romania. In 1992, after failed attempts by the authorities of Moldova force to solve the problem, Transnistria was in fact beyond the control of the Chisinau area.

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