Macedonia

INTRODUCTION

Republic of Macedonia with an area of 25,333 square kilometers is located in the southeast of Europe, surrounded by Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Greece and Bulgaria. From total of area land is 24.856 km², and water is 477 km² or 2% of the territory of country.

Macedonia gained its independence peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991. Greek objection to Macedonia’s name, insisting it implies territorial pretensions to the northern Greek province of the same name, and democratic backsliding have stalled the country’s movement toward Euro-Atlantic integration. Immediately after Macedonia declared independence, Greece sought to block Macedonian efforts to gain UN membership if the name “Macedonia” was used. Macedonia was eventually admitted to the UN in 1993 as “The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,” and at the same time it agreed to UN-sponsored negotiations on the name dispute. In 1995, Greece lifted a 20-month trade embargo and the two countries agreed to normalize relations, but the issue of the name remained unresolved and negotiations for a solution are ongoing. Since 2004, the US and over 130 other nations have recognized Macedonia by its constitutional name, Republic of Macedonia.

According to the last data there are 2,071,278 residents. Macedonians are in the majority (66%), followed by Albanians, Turks, Roma and Serbs. Population density is 81 / km².
Eastern Orthodoxy is the majority faith of the Republic of Macedonia, making up 65% of the population, the vast majority of whom belong to the Macedonian Orthodox Church. Various other Christian denominations account for 0.4% of the population. Muslims constitute 33.3% of the population. Macedonia has the fifth-highest proportion of Muslims in Europe, after those of Kosovo (96%), Turkey (90%),Albania (59%) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (51%).Most Muslims are Albanians, Turks, or Romani, although few are Macedonian Muslims. The remaining 1.4% was determined to be “unaffiliated” by a 2010 Pew Research estimation.

The capital city is Skopje, which represents the economic, cultural and industrial center of Macedonia. Skopje is located on the upper course of the Vardar River, and is located on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and Athens. It is a center for metal-processing, chemical, timber, textile, leather, and printing industries. Industrial development of the city has been accompanied by development of the trade, logistics, and banking sectors, as well as an emphasis on the fields of transportation, culture and sport. From larger cities stand out Kumanovo, Bitola, Prilep, Tetovo, Gostivar and Ohrid.

In Macedonia climate is sub-Mediterranean characteristic by hot and dry summers and cold and wet winters. Macedonia is one of countries with most of mountains and mountain peaks, and the peaks of 34 mountains are not lower than 2000 meters above sea level. The highest mountain is Korab whose peak reaches 2,764 meters.

Macedonia is a major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to the Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe.

When it comes to the rivers Vardar stends out and it flows through 90% of the territory of Macedonia, including Skopje. When it comes to tourism, the most attention is paid to the offer for natural lakes and ski resorts.

UNESCO included Lake Ohrid in World Heritage List and it is one of the oldest and deepest lake in Europe. Its maximum depth is 288 meters, according to estimates is around four million years ago and it has about 200 endemic species.

The official language is Macedonian, but also are spoken Albanian and Turkish. The currency is the Macedonian denar.

Macedonia is a member of the UN and of the Council of Europe. Since 2005 it has also been a candidate for joining the European Union and has applied for NATO membership. Although one of the poorest countries in Europe, Macedonia has made significant progress in developing an open, market based economy.

The Republic of Macedonia is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and the U.N. Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and Convention against Torture, and the Constitution guarantees basic human rights to all Macedonian citizens.

The Macedonian Armed Forces comprise the army, air force and Special Forces. The government’s national defence policy aims to guarantee the preservation of the independence and sovereignty of the state, the integrity of its land area and airspace and its constitutional order. Its main goals remain the development and maintenance of a credible capability to defend the nation’s vital interests and development of the Armed Forces in a way that ensures their interoperability with the armed forces of NATO and the European Union member states and their capability to participate in the full range of NATO missions.

Macedonia’s statistical regions exist solely for legal and statistical purposes. The regions are: Eastern, Northeastern, Pelagonia, Polog, Skopje, Southeastern,Southwestern, Vardar.

In August 2004, the Republic of Macedonia was reorganised into 84 municipalities (opštini; sing. opština); 10 of the municipalities constitute the City of Skopje, a distinct unit of local self-government and the country’s capital.

Most of the current municipalities were unaltered or merely amalgamated from the previous 123 municipalities established in September 1996; others were consolidated and their borders changed. Prior to this, local government was organised into 34 administrative districts, communes, or counties.

Natural resources of Macedonia are: Low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land.
Agriculture products are: Grapes, wine, tobacco, vegetables; milk, eggs.

The currency is the Macedonian denar.

GEOGRAPHY/TERITORY

Destination Macedonia is mountainous landlocked country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Kosovo. The country was formerly a Republic within Yugoslavia, it gained independence in 1991. The country has some 766 km of boundaries, shared with Kosovo (159 km or 99 mi) to the northwest, Serbia (62 km or 39 mi) to the North, Bulgaria (148 km) to the east, Greece (246 km) to the south, and Albania (151 km) to the west.

Due to an ongoing dispute with Greece about the use of the name of Macedonia (the bordering northern region of Greece is also known as Macedonia), the country is now known as the ‘Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’ or short FYROM or Republic of Macedonia. The small nation covers only a part of the larger historical and geographical area known as Macedonia. Its culture and lifestyle has Ottoman and European influences.

Macedonia covers an area of 25,713 km², compared it is about two-third the size of Switzerland, or slightly larger than the U.S. state of Vermont. Macedonia is situated in a mountainous part of the Balkans, it is bisected from north west to south east by the Vardar River (also known as Axios river), the major river in the country and its longest. Highest point with 2,764 m is Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit; Mount Korab) a mountain situated on the border with Albania, it is the highest peak in both countries.
Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia. It is the country’s political, cultural, economic, and academic center. It was known in the Romanperiod under the name Scupi. Skopje is located in the north of the Republic of Macedonia, in the center of the Balkan peninsula, and halfway between Belgrade and Athens. The city is built in the Skopje valley, oriented on a west-east axis, along the course of the Vardar river, which flows into the Aegean Sea in Greece. The valley is approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) wide and it is limited by several mountain ranges to the North and South. These ranges limit the urban expansion of Skopje, which spreads along the Vardar and the Serava, a small river which comes from the North. In its administrative boundaries, the City of Skopje stretches for more than 33 kilometres (21 miles), but it is only 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) wide.

Skopje is approximately 245m above sea level and covers 571.46 km². The urbanised area only covers 337 km², with a density of 65 inhabitants per hectare. Skopje, in its administrative limits, encompasses many villages and other settlements, including Dračevo, Gorno Nerezi and Bardovci.

CLIMATE

Macedonia’s climate features hot summers and cold winters. May-October is an excellent time to visit, as it’s the warmest and driest part of the year. Average monthly temperature in the summer is 73 F/23 C, but a sweater may be needed in the evenings. Fall tends to be dry in the country. The winters are very cold (average monthly temperature is 35 F/2 C), often drizzly, snowy and windy, especially in the interior and the north. Snowfalls can be heavy in winter, which can cause travel delays.

The average yearly rainfall in the areas with changed mediteranean climate is fairly low. The average yearly rainfall by the Vardar river is less than 500 mm., and it is one of the driest regions in the country. In the other areas of the changed mediteranean climate the average rainfall is 600-750 mm. Snowfall is very rare for these areas.

HIDROLOGY

In the Republic of Macedonia there are 1,100 larger sources of water. The rivers flow into three different basins: the Aegean, the Adriatic and that Black Sea basin.

The Aegean basin is the largest. It covers 87% of the territory of the Republic, which is 22,075 km. sq. Vardar, the largest river in this basin, drains 80% of the territory or 20,459 km. sq. Its valley plays an important part in the economy and the communication system of the country. The project named The Vardar Valley is considered to be crucial for the strategic development of the country.

The river Black Drim) forms the Adriatic basin, which covers an area of about 3,320 km. sq., i. e. 13% of the territory. It issues from Lakes Prespa and Ohrid.

Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero) straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania. Lake Ohrid is the deepest lake of the Balkans, with a maximum depth of 288 m (940 ft) and a mean depth of 155 m (508 ft). It covers an area of 358 km² (138 sq mi), containing an estimated 55.4 km³ of water. It is 30.4 km long by 14.8 km wide at its maximum extent with a shoreline length of 87.53 km, shared between the Republic of Macedonia (56.02 km) and Albania (31.51 km). The lake drains an area of around 2600 km² and is fed primarily by underground springs on the eastern shore (about 50% of total inflow), with roughly 25% shares from rivers and direct precipitation.

There are three cities on the lake’s shores: Ohrid and Struga on the Macedonian side; Pogradec in Albania. There are also several fishing villages, although tourism is now a more significant part of their income. The catchment area of the lake has a population of around 170,000 people, with 131,000 people living directly at the lake shore (43,000 in Albania and 88,000 in the Republic of Macedonia).

The Great Prespa Lake (Macedonian: Преспанско Езеро, Prespansko Ezero) is divided between Albania, Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. The biggest island in the Great Prespa Lake, on the Republic of Macedonia’s side, is called Golem Grad (“Large Fortress”), or Snake Island (Змиски Остров). The other island Mal Grad (“Small Fortress”, in Albania) is the site of a ruined 14th century monastery dedicated to St. Peter. Today, both islands are uninhabited.

Because Great Prespa Lake sits about 150m above Lake Ohrid, which lies only about 10 km (6.2 mi) to the west, its waters run through underground channels in the karst and emerge from springs which feed streams running into Lake Ohrid.

Dojran Lake, located in southeastern Macedonia, is the smallest of the three major lakes with an area of 42.7 km². It is shared between the Republic of Macedonia (27.1 km²) and Greece (15.6 km²). The town of Dojran is situated on the west coast of the lake, while the Greek village of Mouries lies to the east. To the north is the mountain Belasica and to the south is the Greek town of Doirani. The lake is round in shape, has a maximum depth of 10 metres, has a north-to-south length of 8.9 km, and is 7.1 km at its widest.

POPULATION

According to the data from the last Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2002 (State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia), the Republic of Macedonia had 2.022.547 inhabitants, which is 3.9% more compared with the Census in 1994 and 43% more compared with the Census in 1948. According to population estimates (on 30.06.2015), the Republic of Macedonia has 2 070 226 inhabitants, and the population density is 80.5 inhabitants per km2.

As regards population ageing, in 2015, the participation of the young population (age group 0-14) in the total population was 16.7%, and the participation of the old population (age group 65 and over) was 12.8%.

In 2015, there were 23 260 births, of which 23 075 live births and 185 stillbirths.

The total fertility rate (TFR) in 2015 was 1.49 live births per woman.

According to the mothers’ age, in 2015, most (34.5%) were live births to mothers aged 25-29. The mean age of mothers for all live births was 28.7 years, while the mean age of mothers at first birth was 27.0 years.

Given that the largest number of live births (89.0%) in 2015 occurred within marriage, it can be said that the reduction of fertility is due to postponement of marriage to older age. The number of marriages registered in 2015 was 14 186, while the number of divorces was 2 200. The average age at first marriage is 26.2 years for bride and 29.0 for groom.

Changes in the age structure of the population have their impact on the number of deaths in the country. In 2015, there were 20 461 deaths, an increase of 3.8% compared to the previous year. The average age at death is 70.4 years for males and 75.1 years for females, which means that women live 4.7 years longer on average.

The most common causes of death are circulatory diseases with 58.4% of the total number of deaths, followed by neoplasms with 18.3%, endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases with 4.3%, etc.

As a result of the declining birth rate and the increasing rate of general mortality in the last 10 years, the rate of natural increase has dropped from 2.0‰ (per 1000 population) in 2005 to 1.3‰ in 2015.

In 2015, 8 050 persons changed their place of residence within the Republic of Macedonia, and net migration was 2 960 persons.

Table 1. Natality in the Republic of Macedonia, 2016

Births and live births according to sex, marital status and place of birth
Municipality		Live births

			Sex		Marital status		Place of birth

	Total births	Total live births						Elsewhere
			Male	Female	Legitimate	Illegitimate	In medical institution
								Attended by health personnel	Not attended by health personnel
		23002	11868	11134	20241	2761	22987	5	10
Republic of Macedonia	23199	7086	3699	3387	6243	843	7082	2	2
Skopje	7136	890	453	437	849	41	890	-	-
Aerodrom	895	508	281	227	467	41	508	-	-
Butel	508	870	458	412	786	84	869	-	1
Gazi Baba	875	468	247	221	427	41	468	-	-
Gjorche Petrov	470	591	305	286	557	34	591	-	-
Karposh	596	615	330	285	578	37	615	-	-
Kisela Voda	617	699	354	345	606	93	699	-	-
Saraj	701	884	474	410	767	117	884	-	-
Centar	895	1098	556	542	950	148	1098	-	-
Chair	1111	463	241	222	256	207	460	2	1
Shuto Orizari	468	219	129	90	183	36	219	-	-
Arachinovo	220	87	36	51	78	9	87	-	-
Berovo	90	903	444	459	812	91	903	-	-
Bitola	906	69	36	33	67	2	69	-	-
Bogdanci	69	348	199	149	293	55	347	-	1
Bogovinje	353	131	66	65	117	14	131	-	-
Bosilovo	132	165	94	71	123	42	165	-	-
Brvenica	168	123	56	67	115	8	123	-	-
Valandovo	123	155	81	74	126	29	155	-	-
Vasilevo	157	17	10	7	16	1	17	-	-
Vevchani	17	549	280	269	486	63	549	-	-
Veles	557	158	74	84	138	20	158	-	-
Vinica	159	224	120	104	197	27	224	-	-
Vrapchishte	228	241	133	108	230	11	241	-	-
Gevgelija	241	717	368	349	627	90	717	-	-
Gostivar	728	29	16	13	25	4	29	-	-
Gradsko	29	204	104	100	195	9	204	-	-
Debar	207	46	18	28	44	2	46	-	-
Debarca	46	131	65	66	122	9	131	-	-
Delchevo	133	46	21	25	43	3	46	-	-
Demir Kapija	47	54	25	29	54	-	53	-	1
Demir Hisar	54	38	19	19	37	1	38	-	-
Dojran	38	168	83	85	154	14	168	-	-
Dolneni	172	343	185	158	236	107	343	-	-
Zhelino	346	98	52	46	87	11	98	-	-
Zelenikovo	98	19	10	9	17	2	19	-	-
Zrnovci	20	196	101	95	187	9	195	-	1
Ilinden	197	96	47	49	79	17	96	-	-
Jegunovce	97	417	216	201	387	30	417	-	-
Kavadarci	421	52	32	20	47	5	52	-	-
Karbinci	53	433	232	201	380	53	431	2	-
Kichevo	438	30	19	11	27	3	30	-	-
Konche	31	342	164	178	304	38	342	-	-
Kochani	344	53	31	22	49	4	53	-	-
Kratovo	53	163	88	75	152	11	163	-	-
Kriva Palanka	165	55	27	28	53	2	55	-	-
Krivogashtani	55	99	56	43	90	9	99	-	-
Krushevo	102	1183	592	591	990	193	1183	-	-
Kumanovo	1195	365	170	195	270	95	365	-	-
Lipkovo	372	31	15	16	29	2	31	-	-
Lozovo	32	57	26	31	56	1	56	-	1
Mavrovo and Rostusha	58	61	30	31	58	3	61	-	-
Makedonska Kamenica	61	54	24	30	53	1	54	-	-
Makedonski Brod	54	61	27	34	59	2	61	-	-
Mogila	62	206	114	92	186	20	206	-	-
Negotino	209	30	13	17	30	-	30	-	-
Novaci	30	63	34	29	60	3	63	-	-
Novo Selo	63	584	298	286	565	19	584	-	-
Ohrid	587	133	71	62	119	14	133	-	-
Petrovec	135	29	14	15	27	2	29	-	-
Pehchevo	30	60	20	40	50	10	60	-	-
Plasnica	60	715	360	355	612	103	714	-	1
Prilep	720	111	59	52	108	3	111	-	-
Probishtip	112	326	179	147	301	25	326	-	-
Radovish	331	43	23	20	36	7	42	1	-
Rankovce	45	125	69	56	121	4	125	-	-
Resen	126	44	19	25	40	4	44	-	-
Rosoman	45	147	78	69	133	14	147	-	-
Sveti Nikole	147	94	56	38	92	2	94	-	-
Sopishte	94	42	22	20	32	10	42	-	-
Staro Nagorichane	43	699	373	326	642	57	699	-	-
Struga	700	644	335	309	558	86	644	-	-
Strumica	652	484	245	239	441	43	484	-	-
Studenichani	486	223	113	110	153	70	222	-	1
Tearce	223	1153	574	579	960	193	1153	-	-
Tetovo	1158	52	29	23	49	3	52	-	-
Centar Zhupa	52	164	81	83	148	16	162	-	2
Chashka	165	65	27	38	61	4	65	-	-
Cheshinovo - Obleshevo	65	156	90	66	145	11	156	-	-
Chucher - Sandevo	158	494	252	242	437	57	494	-	-
Shtip	499

Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia

Table 2. Deaths and infant deaths, 2016

Deaths and infant deaths, 2016
Municipalities	Total		Infant deaths		Medically treated before death		Deaths in medical institution
	Total	Male	Total	Male	Total	Infant
Republic of Macedonia	20421	10746	273	140	19119	270	6552
Skopje	5357	2817	76	45	5161	76	1997
Aerodrom	702	386	8	4	665	8	261
Butel	363	193	4	2	350	4	126
Gazi Baba	708	387	3	-	666	3	217
Gjorche Petrov	454	234	8	5	445	8	195
Karposh	731	398	7	5	715	7	290
Kisela Voda	729	363	8	5	708	8	265
Saraj	236	124	10	7	221	10	80
Centar	685	331	13	8	662	13	302
Chair	585	318	11	6	566	11	207
Shuto Orizari	164	83	4	3	163	4	54
Arachinovo	57	31	5	2	50	5	23
Berovo	178	87	2	1	138	2	38
Bitola	1146	572	5	3	1106	5	441
Bogdanci	80	44	1	1	76	1	20
Bogovinje	214	115	-	-	208	-	35
Bosilovo	174	94	1	1	162	1	42
Brvenica	137	80	3	-	131	3	27
Valandovo	117	54	1	-	103	1	24
Vasilevo	95	54	3	1	91	2	24
Vevchani	22	14	-	-	22	-	5
Veles	608	326	4	4	585	4	243
Vinica	201	104	3	2	193	3	55
Vrapchishte	196	97	5	2	178	5	55
Gevgelija	278	137	3	2	243	3	67
Gostivar	611	329	10	7	584	10	166
Gradsko	39	19	-	-	37	-	10
Debar	122	60	1	1	107	1	45
Debarca	91	44	-	-	86	-	44
Delchevo	200	112	2	-	168	2	41
Demir Kapija	51	28	-	-	47	-	16
Demir Hisar	129	61	1	-	125	1	35
Dojran	43	22	-	-	38	-	8
Dolneni	167	93	3	1	151	3	38
Zhelino	147	84	5	2	133	4	40
Zelenikovo	30	17	2	2	30	2	14
Zrnovci	32	17	-	-	30	-	9
Ilinden	179	92	1	-	171	1	45
Jegunovce	112	51	-	-	107	-	22
Kavadarci	438	214	5	3	408	5	135
Karbinci	51	28	-	-	31	-	11
Kichevo	510	271	3	2	471	3	130
Konche	28	19	1	1	21	1	9
Kochani	386	209	1	-	360	1	131
Kratovo	125	69	-	-	113	-	26
Kriva Palanka	192	101	-	-	185	-	59
Krivogashtani	79	43	1	1	78	1	16
Krushevo	116	57	1	1	111	1	21
Kumanovo	1023	539	19	8	994	19	315
Lipkovo	169	96	5	4	168	5	49
Lozovo	33	16	-	-	31	-	13
Mavrovo and Rostusha	75	46	2	1	70	2	16
Makedonska Kamenica	76	43	-	-	62	-	24
Makedonski Brod	113	58	-	-	107	-	22
Mogila	84	41	1	1	72	1	31
Negotino	227	131	3	3	210	3	78
Novaci	65	38	-	-	61	-	19
Novo Selo	129	69	1	1	116	1	30
Ohrid	629	334	7	3	600	7	305
Petrovec	97	60	2	1	93	2	32
Pehchevo	70	35	-	-	61	-	11
Plasnica	37	19	1	1	37	1	11
Prilep	914	489	5	1	843	5	248
Probishtip	180	94	2	-	164	2	50
Radovish	265	144	5	3	215	5	76
Rankovce	53	28	2	2	51	2	13
Resen	210	100	6	2	199	6	65
Rosoman	58	31	1	-	51	1	14
Sveti Nikole	236	133	1	-	224	1	70
Sopishte	56	34	-	-	55	-	17
Staro Nagorichane	92	42	-	-	88	-	19
Struga	442	219	5	3	426	5	168
Strumica	558	285	8	2	537	8	157
Studenichani	114	59	13	9	111	13	38
Tearce	169	83	3	-	164	2	36
Tetovo	732	388	24	9	703	24	189
Centar Zhupa	27	12	-	-	25	-	8
Chashka	83	40	4	1	79	4	31
Cheshinovo - Obleshevo	103	54	-	-	88	-	29
Chucher - Sandevo	85	53	3	-	83	3	28
Shtip	479	267	1	-	292	1	173

Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia

Table 3. Population of the Republic of Macedonia

Population of the Republic of Macedonia at 30.06 by the specific age group, by sex, by municipality, by years
		2015
		Total	0	1-2	3-4	5-6	7-9	10-14	15-19	20-24	25-27	28-29	30-34	35-39	40-44	45-49	50-54	55-59	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80+	Unknown
Republic of Macedonia	Total	2070226	23126	46226	46223	46705	66971	117022	129956	152412	96689	65336	163748	155802	147612	145896	142389	136382	121867	95282	69903	53276	47109	294
	Men	1037060	11950	24028	23934	24226	34469	60360	67137	78235	49717	33371	83879	79925	74675	73682	71729	68364	59376	44188	31582	23207	18976	50
	Women	1033166	11176	22198	22289	22479	32502	56662	62819	74177	46972	31965	79869	75877	72937	72214	70660	68018	62491	51094	38321	30069	28133	244
Gazi Baba	Total	76636	833	1743	1720	1708	2475	4567	4657	5111	3199	2138	5615	6157	5754	5329	4951	4822	4723	4200	2944	2315	1663	12
	Men	38055	435	910	895	909	1280	2354	2357	2595	1609	1058	2728	3045	2923	2671	2492	2375	2223	2006	1392	1080	718	0
	Women	38581	398	833	825	799	1195	2213	2300	2516	1590	1080	2887	3112	2831	2658	2459	2447	2500	2194	1552	1235	945	12
Gjorche Petrov	Total	42379	458	873	862	847	1275	2122	2265	2595	1767	1307	3352	3219	3142	2899	2895	3098	3009	2409	1723	1248	1007	7
	Men	20746	249	454	435	440	649	1078	1135	1308	880	666	1676	1565	1554	1422	1403	1513	1436	1124	788	588	380	3
	Women	21633	209	419	427	407	626	1044	1130	1287	887	641	1676	1654	1588	1477	1492	1585	1573	1285	935	660	627	4
Karposh	Total	60625	601	1122	1120	1179	1613	2785	2868	3436	2216	1612	4231	4474	4619	4665	4327	4029	3980	3575	2961	2626	2581	5
	Men	28535	320	582	598	603	840	1391	1470	1733	1114	795	2028	2055	2169	2194	2075	1936	1775	1476	1201	1107	1071	2
	Women	32090	281	540	522	576	773	1394	1398	1703	1102	817	2203	2419	2450	2471	2252	2093	2205	2099	1760	1519	1510	3
Saraj	Total	40587	675	1352	1308	1268	1768	3241	3356	3598	2121	1320	3069	3192	2974	2824	2421	1913	1376	1032	754	555	460	10
	Men	20835	358	696	667	660	922	1631	1765	1875	1132	675	1640	1728	1555	1428	1211	938	662	510	334	248	197	3
	Women	19752	317	656	641	608	846	1610	1591	1723	989	645	1429	1464	1419	1396	1210	975	714	522	420	307	263	7
Skopje remain part and Sopishte	Total	323859	4238	8398	8203	8050	11307	17872	17830	20246	13308	9543	25693	25714	23753	22102	20560	20508	20891	17382	11682	8393	8171	15
	Men	158199	2215	4329	4280	4130	5762	9161	9191	10442	6684	4736	12584	12691	11637	10930	10052	9683	9659	7896	5262	3743	3132	0
	Women	165660	2023	4069	3923	3920	5545	8711	8639	9804	6624	4807	13109	13023	12116	11172	10508	10825	11232	9486	6420	4650	5039	15
Arachinovo	Total	13505	216	456	457	471	715	1154	1300	1309	720	444	1042	1028	994	865	612	475	431	327	227	151	101	10
	Men	6971	113	237	240	230	354	601	678	701	366	222	546	563	515	445	312	240	204	163	116	82	43	0
	Women	6534	103	219	217	241	361	553	622	608	354	222	496	465	479	420	300	235	227	164	111	69	58	10
Berovo	Total	12958	113	215	207	228	313	649	741	863	596	380	908	919	871	926	953	1029	917	737	560	421	412	0
	Men	6563	56	113	112	127	156	311	395	434	335	203	493	468	477	481	499	510	454	341	250	172	176	0
	Women	6395	57	102	95	101	157	338	346	429	261	177	415	451	394	445	454	519	463	396	310	249	236	0
Bitola	Total	92329	909	1721	1792	1903	2683	4430	4746	5848	4000	2939	7582	6511	5953	6190	6729	7516	6674	4791	3571	2920	2919	2
	Men	45408	483	900	922	985	1414	2308	2375	2995	2083	1480	3806	3257	2918	3034	3250	3824	3323	2188	1590	1200	1073	0
	Women	46921	426	821	870	918	1269	2122	2371	2853	1917	1459	3776	3254	3035	3156	3479	3692	3351	2603	1981	1720	1846	2
Bogdanci	Total	8243	69	135	123	137	222	387	421	540	375	276	656	585	535	654	680	680	534	396	327	262	244	5
	Men	4125	31	61	58	67	112	206	213	272	192	144	358	316	286	337	334	351	261	182	135	115	94	0
	Women	4118	38	74	65	70	110	181	208	268	183	132	298	269	249	317	346	329	273	214	192	147	150	5
Bogovinje	Total	30766	343	707	671	661	1008	1952	2523	2871	1668	1086	2573	2444	2437	2320	2137	1597	1240	973	691	494	370	0
	Men	15683	187	354	338	352	542	1074	1281	1501	887	552	1379	1286	1207	1157	1041	774	590	430	330	242	179	0
	Women	15083	156	353	333	309	466	878	1242	1370	781	534	1194	1158	1230	1163	1096	823	650	543	361	252	191	0
Bosilovo	Total	14080	144	297	299	309	411	780	950	1030	636	406	993	996	1053	1054	1001	977	846	615	513	370	394	6
	Men	7259	79	159	169	162	205	400	496	535	318	220	539	539	571	566	528	536	414	300	228	152	143	0
	Women	6821	65	138	130	147	206	380	454	495	318	186	454	457	482	488	473	441	432	315	285	218	251	6
Brvenica	Total	16564	189	367	363	374	549	995	1274	1583	916	635	1374	1172	1159	1278	1109	964	701	515	431	356	259	1
	Men	8289	100	201	181	184	278	506	697	800	449	329	676	584	575	630	545	500	352	223	187	165	126	1
	Women	8275	89	166	182	190	271	489	577	783	467	306	698	588	584	648	564	464	349	292	244	191	133	0
Valandovo	Total	11810	110	222	242	251	349	628	625	822	546	383	910	867	844	862	892	833	770	553	456	323	315	7
	Men	6080	61	113	116	123	178	293	316	427	299	205	513	482	467	444	466	443	381	263	213	143	134	0
	Women	5730	49	109	126	128	171	335	309	395	247	178	397	385	377	418	426	390	389	290	243	180	181	7
Vasilevo	Total	12868	149	360	352	365	478	836	891	969	600	405	1066	958	915	918	853	798	662	480	363	234	207	9
	Men	6642	71	190	167	173	234	427	461	499	318	199	579	540	494	509	470	416	330	214	170	101	73	7
	Women	6226	78	170	185	192	244	409	430	470	282	206	487	418	421	409	383	382	332	266	193	133	134	2
Vevchani	Total	2452	25	37	45	52	88	156	138	149	88	81	192	183	190	159	160	196	173	124	85	71	60	0
	Men	1259	11	21	24	27	50	76	69	82	52	36	89	103	110	82	91	100	87	59	36	31	23	0
	Women	1193	14	16	21	25	38	80	69	67	36	45	103	80	80	77	69	96	86	65	49	40	37	0
Veles	Total	54630	542	1147	1193	1224	1640	2781	2972	3547	2452	1658	4362	3959	3728	3853	4084	4026	3656	2802	2117	1603	1284	0
	Men	27475	275	592	604	640	854	1424	1521	1825	1311	864	2237	2091	1915	1931	2020	2015	1848	1343	921	718	526	0
	Women	27155	267	555	589	584	786	1357	1451	1722	1141	794	2125	1868	1813	1922	2064	2011	1808	1459	1196	885	758	0
Vinica	Total	19431	172	336	355	371	518	1004	1181	1410	889	620	1570	1487	1383	1529	1437	1404	1236	951	678	462	437	1
	Men	9930	83	175	185	213	277	505	618	687	455	330	825	798	741	779	780	719	633	455	309	192	171	0
	Women	9501	89	161	170	158	241	499	563	723	434	290	745	689	642	750	657	685	603	496	369	270	266	1
Vraneshtica	Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Men	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Women	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Vrapchishte	Total	27426	257	563	613	597	864	1687	2279	2592	1564	1020	2393	2178	2158	1997	1794	1503	1115	875	651	434	286	6
	Men	13645	134	282	314	321	478	913	1199	1363	791	506	1218	1151	1039	970	827	675	505	375	282	188	114	0
	Women	13781	123	281	299	276	386	774	1080	1229	773	514	1175	1027	1119	1027	967	828	610	500	369	246	172	6
Gevgelija	Total	22764	223	416	402	502	610	1047	1154	1328	911	701	1840	1707	1686	1632	1706	1767	1616	1242	957	747	568	2
	Men	11307	110	213	203	266	310	531	591	681	448	354	934	896	878	844	838	871	755	592	430	331	231	0
	Women	11457	113	203	199	236	300	516	563	647	463	347	906	811	808	788	868	896	861	650	527	416	337	2
Gostivar	Total	83557	792	1573	1593	1561	2207	4617	6059	7968	4729	3093	7222	6370	6414	6532	5963	4904	4081	3008	2127	1624	1106	14
	Men	41834	403	795	826	805	1138	2437	3189	4129	2381	1539	3656	3233	3157	3252	2981	2442	1952	1351	927	730	511	0
	Women	41723	389	778	767	756	1069	2180	2870	3839	2348	1554	3566	3137	3257	3280	2982	2462	2129	1657	1200	894	595	14
Gradsko	Total	3577	41	85	75	92	115	188	222	252	164	125	261	273	234	281	262	245	192	184	133	78	75	0
	Men	1908	17	44	37	50	60	95	108	151	98	69	151	152	121	156	152	133	94	89	61	35	35	0
	Women	1669	24	41	38	42	55	93	114	101	66	56	110	121	113	125	110	112	98	95	72	43	40	0
Debar	Total	20742	250	496	496	472	724	1393	1634	1941	1178	766	1784	1561	1440	1443	1354	1186	921	615	441	361	279	7
	Men	10670	123	261	251	244	369	746	893	1008	606	396	960	819	717	723	697	619	489	296	197	143	113	0
	Women	10072	127	235	245	228	355	647	741	933	572	370	824	742	723	720	657	567	432	319	244	218	166	7
Debarca	Total	3994	34	72	62	62	107	180	206	244	162	115	302	268	261	261	286	298	249	167	194	216	248	0
	Men	2035	18	37	38	32	60	98	94	124	86	61	166	140	130	142	163	163	121	79	72	89	122	0
	Women	1959	16	35	24	30	47	82	112	120	76	54	136	128	131	119	123	135	128	88	122	127	126	0
Delchevo	Total	16348	128	246	293	285	440	811	873	1075	749	486	1229	1152	1143	1220	1241	1275	1178	986	685	466	387	0
	Men	8278	62	115	144	145	209	404	446	567	363	258	664	613	621	631	630	674	599	460	320	197	156	0
	Women	8070	66	131	149	140	231	407	427	508	386	228	565	539	522	589	611	601	579	526	365	269	231	0
Demir Kapija	Total	4073	43	81	78	90	114	192	232	264	169	127	263	287	291	304	317	293	267	246	161	129	125	0
	Men	2086	21	41	39	50	54	91	118	136	93	69	133	159	167	162	178	148	130	124	72	50	51	0
	Women	1987	22	40	39	40	60	101	114	128	76	58	130	128	124	142	139	145	137	122	89	79	74	0
Demir Hisar	Total	8330	51	105	139	145	197	375	431	537	310	212	503	519	566	639	631	613	555	482	469	408	443	0
	Men	4283	29	63	73	69	96	180	215	282	173	108	247	262	305	357	359	368	282	238	217	179	181	0
	Women	4047	22	42	66	76	101	195	216	255	137	104	256	257	261	282	272	245	273	244	252	229	262	0
Dojran	Total	3331	34	71	60	71	96	154	193	244	175	114	229	226	230	243	272	228	209	142	122	120	98	0
	Men	1658	19	34	32	30	49	78	101	104	93	58	123	127	117	118	148	123	97	67	52	51	37	0
	Women	1673	15	37	28	41	47	76	92	140	82	56	106	99	113	125	124	105	112	75	70	69	61	0
Dolneni	Total	14098	218	445	467	427	629	1028	1132	1104	631	387	1006	1054	997	963	791	648	547	450	378	379	409	8
	Men	7424	117	235	255	230	323	537	584	578	343	226	546	584	549	552	441	326	275	216	174	159	173	1
	Women	6674	101	210	212	197	306	491	548	526	288	161	460	470	448	411	350	322	272	234	204	220	236	7
Drugovo	Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Men	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Women	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zhelino	Total	27775	365	765	734	765	1175	2098	2453	2715	1513	972	2418	2239	2110	1902	1617	1165	861	693	501	387	304	23
	Men	14005	192	410	394	401	620	1104	1303	1425	754	476	1247	1143	1003	900	793	556	400	330	229	199	122	4
	Women	13770	173	355	340	364	555	994	1150	1290	759	496	1171	1096	1107	1002	824	609	461	363	272	188	182	19
Zajas	Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Men	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Women	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zelenikovo	Total	4743	79	147	147	154	224	310	312	384	237	159	424	326	319	295	282	267	226	175	121	98	57	0
	Men	2452	42	80	75	78	114	173	159	191	121	80	206	189	179	153	156	128	129	82	51	45	21	0
	Women	2291	37	67	72	76	110	137	153	193	116	79	218	137	140	142	126	139	97	93	70	53	36	0
Zrnovci	Total	3071	20	53	45	44	72	153	183	217	138	103	243	225	201	240	245	238	218	137	106	90	100	0
	Men	1598	11	31	20	20	37	82	95	105	67	58	140	128	100	128	137	132	118	65	49	37	38	0
	Women	1473	9	22	25	24	35	71	88	112	71	45	103	97	101	112	108	106	100	72	57	53	62	0
Ilinden	Total	16836	197	343	359	380	574	1027	1087	1102	630	445	1330	1361	1289	1177	1041	1041	1096	923	642	467	323	2
	Men	8542	101	183	189	201	302	533	573	557	310	206	645	684	671	643	555	518	547	457	328	194	144	1
	Women	8294	96	160	170	179	272	494	514	545	320	239	685	677	618	534	486	523	549	466	314	273	179	1
Jegunovce	Total	10577	105	217	228	239	368	592	702	880	516	357	912	817	737	774	755	679	546	396	283	243	231	0
	Men	5447	56	109	133	122	188	294	363	465	237	175	472	443	389	391	391	373	291	197	136	109	113	0
	Women	5130	49	108	95	117	180	298	339	415	279	182	440	374	348	383	364	306	255	199	147	134	118	0
Kavadarci	Total	38937	404	766	765	764	1180	1997	2222	2475	1672	1170	3073	2830	2837	2805	2868	3009	2630	1995	1500	1146	829	0
	Men	19585	206	413	398	387	592	1001	1175	1287	847	611	1606	1427	1471	1479	1428	1508	1317	948	679	478	327	0
	Women	19352	198	353	367	377	588	996	1047	1188	825	559	1467	1403	1366	1326	1440	1501	1313	1047	821	668	502	0
Karbinci	Total	4010	46	103	114	108	136	261	294	298	207	117	287	253	267	305	268	237	172	137	144	130	126	0
	Men	2039	20	48	55	53	72	128	147	149	108	61	149	141	136	174	151	134	91	69	59	50	44	0
	Women	1971	26	55	59	55	64	133	147	149	99	56	138	112	131	131	117	103	81	68	85	80	82	0
Kichevo	Total	57107	461	890	935	905	1380	2862	4102	4965	3067	2035	5047	4587	4200	4148	4074	3818	3091	2287	1717	1290	1245	1
	Men	28827	233	476	480	463	711	1518	2157	2504	1564	1071	2597	2366	2140	2092	2035	1948	1546	1067	796	536	527	0
	Women	28280	228	414	455	442	669	1344	1945	2461	1503	964	2450	2221	2060	2056	2039	1870	1545	1220	921	754	718	1
Konche	Total	3592	40	79	102	77	122	239	227	261	140	110	238	285	286	255	205	220	195	164	147	101	97	2
	Men	1909	22	38	51	36	63	122	117	131	73	55	132	158	165	157	133	121	97	75	76	44	43	0
	Women	1683	18	41	51	41	59	117	110	130	67	55	106	127	121	98	72	99	98	89	71	57	54	2
Kochani	Total	37828	332	658	670	749	1082	1952	2254	2542	1678	1088	2858	2848	2698	2660	2683	2857	2661	2151	1503	1047	857	0
	Men	18954	169	338	342	388	563	1016	1143	1276	848	545	1464	1471	1406	1413	1329	1452	1333	1005	669	438	346	0
	Women	18874	163	320	328	361	519	936	1111	1266	830	543	1394	1377	1292	1247	1354	1405	1328	1146	834	609	511	0
Kratovo	Total	9536	81	152	153	152	230	428	509	645	405	266	718	681	574	696	842	751	714	517	393	318	309	2
	Men	4955	42	71	88	85	116	222	262	355	223	146	391	375	292	384	460	426	359	247	172	139	100	0
	Women	4581	39	81	65	67	114	206	247	290	182	120	327	306	282	312	382	325	355	270	221	179	209	2
Kriva Palanka	Total	20097	180	358	397	416	557	965	1043	1263	891	644	1576	1559	1374	1361	1560	1614	1534	1083	759	510	452	1
	Men	10386	94	195	200	215	278	501	567	639	508	352	865	842	742	702	839	840	764	568	331	195	148	1
	Women	9711	86	163	197	201	279	464	476	624	383	292	711	717	632	659	721	774	770	515	428	315	304	0
Krivogashtani	Total	5621	49	103	88	118	192	308	351	384	193	151	362	367	424	403	357	379	344	269	269	266	243	1
	Men	2974	27	54	44	62	107	148	171	201	106	81	192	197	214	255	208	210	185	138	124	140	110	0
	Women	2647	22	49	44	56	85	160	180	183	87	70	170	170	210	148	149	169	159	131	145	126	133	1
Krushevo	Total	9501	109	231	205	252	331	518	584	718	451	257	596	609	616	644	655	604	607	465	383	311	354	1
	Men	4824	49	132	117	131	158	282	309	339	232	141	308	330	320	348	347	313	297	242	172	122	135	0
	Women	4677	60	99	88	121	173	236	275	379	219	116	288	279	296	296	308	291	310	223	211	189	219	1
Kumanovo	Total	108942	1230	2557	2566	2628	3723	6836	7217	8114	5143	3389	8564	8495	7712	7403	7278	7006	6237	4865	3515	2484	1971	9
	Men	54964	620	1341	1319	1379	1971	3543	3785	4139	2646	1715	4375	4300	3946	3648	3683	3559	3089	2309	1664	1101	832	0
	Women	53978	610	1216	1247	1249	1752	3293	3432	3975	2497	1674	4189	4195	3766	3755	3595	3447	3148	2556	1851	1383	1139	9
Lipkovo	Total	29834	347	782	742	714	1121	2266	2996	3209	1613	961	2178	1971	2058	2281	1811	1433	980	784	670	466	411	40
	Men	15256	169	406	379	375	589	1156	1598	1671	833	517	1169	1051	1045	1137	896	679	461	375	335	217	185	13
	Women	14578	178	376	363	339	532	1110	1398	1538	780	444	1009	920	1013	1144	915	754	519	409	335	249	226	27
Lozovo	Total	2590	32	63	56	46	74	117	130	179	102	78	186	169	182	201	226	173	153	124	129	92	78	0
	Men	1374	19	32	32	23	40	62	69	98	57	49	105	104	100	114	129	98	81	56	46	36	24	0
	Women	1216	13	31	24	23	34	55	61	81	45	29	81	65	82	87	97	75	72	68	83	56	54	0
Mavrovo i Rostusha	Total	8914	71	155	168	168	290	557	648	900	566	348	765	676	599	638	615	585	345	251	201	167	196	5
	Men	4452	39	75	86	85	169	274	334	453	301	165	415	355	292	320	305	284	171	100	77	78	73	1
	Women	4462	32	80	82	83	121	283	314	447	265	183	350	321	307	318	310	301	174	151	124	89	123	4
Makedonska Kamenica	Total	7612	56	114	131	138	198	391	478	561	351	234	576	598	593	631	562	578	469	361	281	174	137	0
	Men	3980	30	63	59	71	101	200	244	275	196	118	325	321	351	362	310	311	234	154	116	78	61	0
	Women	3632	26	51	72	67	97	191	234	286	155	116	251	277	242	269	252	267	235	207	165	96	76	0
Makedonski Brod	Total	6274	49	90	121	141	180	275	341	445	316	188	442	381	374	474	583	521	388	270	198	199	298	0
	Men	3291	27	48	65	72	84	130	174	226	177	107	255	232	225	250	324	291	213	136	79	69	107	0
	Women	2983	22	42	56	69	96	145	167	219	139	81	187	149	149	224	259	230	175	134	119	130	191	0
Mogila	Total	6253	58	116	131	149	215	345	362	408	266	188	435	406	371	447	458	483	338	228	272	284	290	3
	Men	3303	28	57	68	75	111	180	202	215	147	95	234	223	205	254	262	284	194	107	130	119	113	0
	Women	2950	30	59	63	74	104	165	160	193	119	93	201	183	166	193	196	199	144	121	142	165	177	3
Negotino	Total	19370	198	384	369	395	601	1048	1122	1345	908	578	1485	1379	1372	1461	1418	1369	1321	971	729	504	413	0
	Men	9797	106	198	197	205	301	520	598	664	453	296	777	757	704	757	732	685	692	449	342	208	156	0
	Women	9573	92	186	172	190	300	528	524	681	455	282	708	622	668	704	686	684	629	522	387	296	257	0
Novaci	Total	3169	32	59	65	81	120	143	143	191	134	104	222	186	180	208	252	260	224	122	131	134	178	0
	Men	1643	18	30	29	40	56	76	70	100	71	43	110	116	98	114	153	150	129	59	60	60	61	0
	Women	1526	14	29	36	41	64	67	73	91	63	61	112	70	82	94	99	110	95	63	71	74	117	0
Novo Selo	Total	10872	68	160	179	167	274	511	669	757	477	317	783	801	841	804	819	815	647	540	482	383	378	0
	Men	5560	34	90	91	81	130	258	337	398	254	163	411	441	451	432	475	444	325	247	202	165	131	0
	Women	5312	34	70	88	86	144	253	332	359	223	154	372	360	390	372	344	371	322	293	280	218	247	0
Oslomej	Total	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Men	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Women	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ohrid	Total	51855	545	1052	1024	1080	1646	2664	2908	3403	2215	1568	4243	3828	3544	3450	3675	3804	3468	2813	1988	1584	1353	0
	Men	25425	286	561	520	571	847	1378	1478	1767	1166	769	2100	1878	1693	1715	1778	1935	1626	1257	885	673	542	0
	Women	26430	259	491	504	509	799	1286	1430	1636	1049	799	2143	1950	1851	1735	1897	1869	1842	1556	1103	911	811	0
Petrovec	Total	9018	124	274	294	284	380	587	629	619	409	274	727	727	646	583	526	447	478	371	241	207	190	1
	Men	4627	65	148	156	147	192	291	322	300	199	142	373	383	364	308	279	240	227	193	113	97	88	0
	Women	4391	59	126	138	137	188	296	307	319	210	132	354	344	282	275	247	207	251	178	128	110	102	1
Pehchevo	Total	4969	40	74	69	98	120	245	282	355	208	133	375	326	337	357	342	393	396	273	204	155	187	0
	Men	2530	21	45	38	46	60	127	142	185	111	78	207	176	163	190	182	204	200	116	92	70	77	0
	Women	2439	19	29	31	52	60	118	140	170	97	55	168	150	174	167	160	189	196	157	112	85	110	0
Plasnica	Total	4910	80	141	122	154	219	342	375	551	300	172	425	336	343	344	320	223	149	106	88	75	45	0
	Men	2531	38	82	70	92	120	179	179	291	175	95	240	176	170	167	151	115	68	41	39	33	10	0
	Women	2379	42	59	52	62	99	163	196	260	125	77	185	160	173	177	169	108	81	65	49	42	35	0
Prilep	Total	75484	760	1509	1543	1708	2445	4007	4093	4930	3299	2231	5691	5422	4978	5178	5313	5672	5126	4169	3056	2312	2042	0
	Men	37745	384	770	776	888	1239	2055	2070	2536	1682	1167	2932	2785	2558	2616	2677	2876	2549	1962	1408	975	840	0
	Women	37739	376	739	767	820	1206	1952	2023	2394	1617	1064	2759	2637	2420	2562	2636	2796	2577	2207	1648	1337	1202	0
Probishtip	Total	15257	125	243	251	279	383	671	778	1030	672	443	1106	1046	1059	1071	1289	1303	1213	837	610	436	412	0
	Men	7786	67	125	128	138	191	333	395	523	357	243	609	558	566	561	669	689	610	400	289	192	143	0
	Women	7471	58	118	123	141	192	338	383	507	315	200	497	488	493	510	620	614	603	437	321	244	269	0
Radovish	Total	29039	340	705	681	719	953	1677	1922	2250	1474	921	2194	1996	1998	2036	2114	1959	1669	1304	929	660	535	3
	Men	14759	173	354	349	359	462	842	971	1161	780	500	1137	1046	1019	1083	1113	1042	841	615	429	284	199	0
	Women	14280	167	351	332	360	491	835	951	1089	694	421	1057	950	979	953	1001	917	828	689	500	376	336	3
Rankovce	Total	3753	41	80	87	81	116	179	237	292	163	116	256	253	242	278	309	286	215	130	106	117	168	1
	Men	1992	22	40	34	38	59	96	136	158	96	65	134	142	137	152	184	161	119	60	45	45	69	0
	Women	1761	19	40	53	43	57	83	101	134	67	51	122	111	105	126	125	125	96	70	61	72	99	1
Resen	Total	16352	145	285	284	254	338	642	821	1106	773	553	1280	1121	1030	1099	1269	1368	1196	869	663	594	661	1
	Men	8265	73	142	145	122	178	349	433	571	419	301	683	596	535	545	618	723	624	399	300	237	271	1
	Women	8087	72	143	139	132	160	293	388	535	354	252	597	525	495	554	651	645	572	470	363	357	390	0
Rosoman	Total	4078	46	67	85	100	138	242	244	268	148	110	313	306	295	270	301	301	257	199	147	137	104	0
	Men	2124	23	34	46	52	74	121	119	127	92	60	168	174	166	147	167	163	147	90	62	47	45	0
	Women	1954	23	33	39	48	64	121	125	141	56	50	145	132	129	123	134	138	110	109	85	90	59	0
Sveti Nikole	Total	17853	156	318	312	342	496	878	928	1159	867	602	1296	1235	1196	1297	1411	1425	1247	940	691	543	511	3
	Men	9213	77	170	181	182	261	442	487	618	444	327	683	673	633	676	754	761	619	454	329	235	207	0
	Women	8640	79	148	131	160	235	436	441	541	423	275	613	562	563	621	657	664	628	486	362	308	304	3
Staro Nagorichane	Total	4042	44	84	75	81	136	243	255	242	144	99	243	256	279	248	264	212	214	176	216	222	304	5
	Men	2177	27	45	43	37	73	137	130	126	72	45	128	151	180	169	169	129	118	79	90	95	132	2
	Women	1865	17	39	32	44	63	106	125	116	72	54	115	105	99	79	95	83	96	97	126	127	172	3
Struga	Total	65485	677	1375	1392	1284	1962	3849	5005	6412	3954	2533	5640	4762	4761	4541	4548	3883	2997	2170	1481	1230	1024	5
	Men	32691	352	707	748	687	953	2033	2506	3267	2039	1260	2917	2406	2342	2250	2245	1958	1444	951	648	526	452	0
	Women	32794	325	668	644	597	1009	1816	2499	3145	1915	1273	2723	2356	2419	2291	2303	1925	1553	1219	833	704	572	5
Strumica	Total	56961	699	1384	1360	1396	1945	3266	3168	3787	2516	1733	4681	4317	3806	3880	4066	4165	3637	2664	1930	1358	1203	0
	Men	28456	349	735	720	730	994	1657	1552	1900	1255	900	2456	2215	1974	1995	2052	2057	1820	1246	855	572	422	0
	Women	28505	350	649	640	666	951	1609	1616	1887	1261	833	2225	2102	1832	1885	2014	2108	1817	1418	1075	786	781	0
Studenichani	Total	21200	495	992	917	852	1204	1904	1766	1804	1004	638	1551	1596	1538	1309	985	742	581	465	369	268	208	12
	Men	10851	240	511	457	432	632	984	915	927	529	333	822	856	788	676	505	350	255	212	181	130	109	7
	Women	10349	255	481	460	420	572	920	851	877	475	305	729	740	750	633	480	392	326	253	188	138	99	5
Tearce	Total	22906	240	480	471	418	573	1132	1545	2106	1379	877	2022	1699	1604	1869	1863	1503	966	709	565	491	384	10
	Men	11746	125	250	241	219	304	614	809	1116	733	461	1022	910	817	910	942	754	474	350	279	243	173	0
	Women	11160	115	230	230	199	269	518	736	990	646	416	1000	789	787	959	921	749	492	359	286	248	211	10
Tetovo	Total	91431	1195	2323	2287	2211	3349	5666	6581	8092	4856	3151	7367	6955	6498	6534	6236	5237	4332	3185	2298	1726	1321	31
	Men	45904	614	1237	1202	1180	1730	2933	3448	4151	2491	1592	3856	3559	3169	3209	3124	2544	2074	1446	1075	740	530	0
	Women	45527	581	1086	1085	1031	1619	2733	3133	3941	2365	1559	3511	3396	3329	3325	3112	2693	2258	1739	1223	986	791	31
Centar Zhupa	Total	7072	69	131	138	123	211	544	652	710	446	283	631	644	566	496	419	310	247	155	136	77	82	2
	Men	3601	36	70	69	60	105	296	332	358	227	137	323	326	295	256	219	168	118	68	67	30	39	2
	Women	3471	33	61	69	63	106	248	320	352	219	146	308	318	271	240	200	142	129	87	69	47	43	0
Chashka	Total	7986	144	323	317	289	365	607	626	648	377	227	590	526	488	464	386	394	326	271	225	194	199	0
	Men	4222	73	172	159	143	189	326	348	332	214	124	318	289	293	268	209	206	164	121	107	82	85	0
	Women	3764	71	151	158	146	176	281	278	316	163	103	272	237	195	196	177	188	162	150	118	112	114	0
Cheshinovo-Obleshevo	Total	7004	53	104	112	116	166	319	393	454	294	205	505	476	497	469	532	549	508	418	325	245	263	1
	Men	3628	33	57	61	61	90	173	189	232	145	117	275	261	273	247	278	298	286	209	137	103	102	1
	Women	3376	20	47	51	55	76	146	204	222	149	88	230	215	224	222	254	251	222	209	188	142	161	0
Chucher Sandevo	Total	9891	136	296	332	323	440	606	675	741	454	278	750	749	699	678	561	523	497	424	337	214	176	2
	Men	5209	76	149	164	162	232	318	352	380	241	155	410	403	363	372	312	287	272	213	161	107	80	0
	Women	4682	60	147	168	161	208	288	323	361	213	123	340	346	336	306	249	236	225	211	176	107	96	2
Shtip	Total	48657	506	1000	1010	1061	1452	2542	2491	3019	2284	1551	3924	3717	3270	3290	3768	3756	3402	2467	1821	1374	952	0
	Men	24279	262	499	513	565	758	1297	1296	1512	1158	816	2002	1921	1617	1616	1888	1845	1727	1164	803	603	417	0
	Women	24378	244	501	497	496	694	1245	1195	1507	1126	735	1922	1796	1653	1674	1880	1911	1675	1303	1018	771	535	0

Source: State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia

GOVERNMENT

Republic of Macedonia is a parliemantary representative democratic republic.

The head of government and of multi-party system is the Prime Minister.

The political system of the Republic of Macedonia consists of three branches: Ligislative, Executive and Judical.

Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Judiciary is independent of the Executive and the Legislative.

The Constitution is the highest law of the country. The Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia is a codified constitution outlining the country’s system of government and basic human rights adopted in Macedonian Parliament on Nov. 17. 1991.

In 2001 it was announced that Macedonia had adopted amendments to the Constitution which enshrined 15 basic amendments and has granted rights to the country’s ethnic Albanian population, as part of the Ohrid Agreement.

The constitution stresses the importance of equality for all citizens. In article one, it is stated that “The Republic of Macedonia is a sovereign, independent, democratic and social state. The sovereignty of the Republic of Macedonia is indivisible, inalienable and nontransferable.” Other examples of articles state things such as the fact that Skopje is the capital of the country, and that the cyrillic alphabet is the official alphabet of the Macedonian language.

Judiciary power is exercised by courts, with the court system being headed by the Judicial Supreme Court, Constitutional Court and the Republican Judicial Council. The assembly appoints the judges.

The political institutions are constituted by the will of its citizens by secret ballot at direct and general elections. Its political system of parliamentary democracy was established with the Constitution of 1991, which stipulates the basic principles of democracy and guarantees democratic civil freedom.

The Elections for Representatives in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia is held in October.

The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (Macedonian: Собрание на Република Македонија) or the Sobranie is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Macedonia; it is Macedonia’s sole legislature.

According to the Constitution, the Sobranie represents the people and is vested with legislative power. It can have between 120 and 140 MPs (currently 120), elected by proportional representation from 6 electoral districts, each contributing 20 MPs, and 3 reserved seats elected from the Macedonian diaspora which are awarded only if the voter turnout was sufficient. MPs are elected for a term of four years and cannot be re-elected.

The Sobranie (Assembly of The Republic of Macedonia) is presided over by a Speaker. Its organization and functioning are regulated by the Constitution and Rules of Procedure. The Assembly’s seat is in the nations capital of Skopje.

There are approximately 1.5 million voters registered in the General Electoral Roll for the election of Representatives in the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia in 2.973 polling stations. The voting for the representatives is conducted according to the list system.

Early parliamentary elections were held in Macedonia on 11 December 2016, having originally been planned for 24 April and later 5 June. A re-run was held on 25 December 2016 in Tearce and Gostivar although the outcome was unchanged in Tearce, where the ruling VMRO-DPMNE maintained a small majority of the vote.

Although VPRO-DPMNE attempted to form a coalition with BDI, coalition talks broke down in late January 2017. After that, the SDSM pursued informal coalition talks with the BDI, though as of late February 2017, coalition talks were frozen on the usage of the Albanian language.

The institution of the Presidency of the modern Republic of Macedonia began after the Macedonian declaration of independence on 8 September 1991. Its first president was Kiro Gligorov, the oldest president in the world until his resignation in 1999.

The Macedonian presidency is largely a ceremonial post and the Prime Minister of Macedonia is the country’s leading political figure and de facto chief executive.

The president must be a citizen of the Republic of Macedonia, be over 40 years of age and have lived in Macedonia for at least ten of the previous fifteen years.

The power of the President is fairly limited with all other executive power being vested in what the Constitution describes as the Government, i.e., the Prime Minister and Ministers.

The current president of Macedonia is Gjorge Ivanov since 2009.

The current cabinet is a coalition of SDSM, the Democratic Union for Integration, the Socialist Party of Macedonia, and the Party for the Movement of Turks in Macedonia.

The members of the Cabinet of the Republic of Macedonia are chosen by the Prime Minister and approved by the national Parliament, however certain cabinet level positions are chosen by both President and Prime Minister, and approved by the Parliament.

Ministries of Republic of Macedonia are: Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Ministry of Finances, ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of local Self-Government and Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning.

ECONOMY

According to the estimated data of the State Statistical Office, the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2016 was 2,4%.In this quarter, the biggest increase was recorded in sections: F – Construction by 28.5%; M and N – Professional, scientific and technical activities; Administrative and support service activities by 9.8%; and A – Agriculture, forestry and fishing by 1.8%.In the fourth quarter of 2016, Household final consumption, including Non-profit institutions serving households, increased by 5.8% in nominal terms, and its share in the GDP structure was 64.0%.In the same period, Export of goods and services increased by 8.4% in nominal terms, while Import of goods and services increased by 2.4%.

Table 1. Gross domestic product by expenditure approach, volume indices 2016

compared to the corresponding period of the previous year (%)
	Quarter				Year	Quarter				Year
	2015 1)				2015 1)	2016 2)				2016 2)
	I	II	III	IV		I	II	III	IV
Gross Domestic Product	104.16565022843	100.78429035259	104.45356881607	106.01247160569	103.84168381944	102.37559334838	102.93067104639	101.96493504094	102.36495514709	102.40589616217
Final consumption	100.82994012249	103.25663961787	105.51982425639	103.86767244561	103.38651957147	104.19417564626	101.30536769505	104.44855800215	104.76887279355	103.65151795088
Household final consumption, including	101.50452101573	103.31565437618	104.73062529766	105.19496169328	103.71324142199	104.05829769746	101.95074400712	105.6213448605	105.1076005444	104.16142846521
General government final consumption	98.270468591243	102.97888492206	108.92627553247	98.802689345126	102.05375088569	104.68355011235	98.551690630574	99.610970398719	103.38778511252	101.55915869062
Gross capital formation3)	112.6586609178	88.541112737947	93.174061941813	119.96748015491	103.61770240488	89.311977658263	109.622004194	97.870712417602	89.594386259625	95.7436734486
Export of goods and services	109.26066742976	109.31816568182	105.93462748234	103.24280314678	106.71723456442	113.17203363411	107.08554417061	114.3933457278	111.22334488838	111.46131451427
Import of goods and services	107.03986097159	104.40135647961	101.81101551257	107.67397334	105.23978586095	105.53997131965	106.36167540658	113.73609615759	105.27875482993	107.64735705047

Source: State Statistical Office of Republic of Macedonia

According to the estimated data of the State Statistical Office, the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2017 was 0.0%. In this quarter, the biggest increase was recorded in sections: J – Information and communication by 5.5%; B, C, D and E – Mining and quarrying; Manufacturing; Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply; Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities by 2.1% and A – Agriculture, forestry and fishing by 1.1%. In the first quarter of 2017, Household final consumption, including Non-profit institutions serving households, increased by 3.1% in nominal terms, and its share in the GDP structure was 64.3%. In the same period, Export of goods and services increased by 12.1% in nominal terms, while Import of goods and services increased by 13.6%

Table 2. Gross domestic product by expenditure approach, volume indices 2017

Compared to the corresponding period of the previous year (%)
	Quarter				Year	Quarter
	2016 1)				2016 1)	2017 1)
	I	II	III	IV		I
Gross Domestic Product	102.37559334838	102.93067104639	101.96493504094	102.36495514709	102.40589616217	99.963568871582
Final Consumtion	104.19417564626	101.30536769505	104.44855800215	104.76887279355	103.65151795088	102.30029685784
Household final consumption, including NPISHs	104.05829769746	101.95074400712	105.6213448605	105.1076005444	104.16142846521	102.68552613914
General government final consumption	104.68355011235	98.551690630574	99.610970398719	103.38778511252	101.55915869062	100.74197866294
Gross capital formation	89.311977658263	109.622004194	97.870712417602	89.594386259625	95.7436734486	100.63814777129
Export of goods and services	113.17203363411	107.08554417061	114.3933457278	111.22334488838	111.46131451427	109.04487030141
Import of goods and services	105.53997131965	106.36167540658	113.73609615759	105.27875482993	107.64735705047	110.7073811839

Source: State Statistical Office of Republic of Macedonia

According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, in April 2017, in comparison with April 2016, the turnover in retail trade increased in the following groups/classes: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco (by 1.0% in nominal terms and 0.6% in real terms) and Retail trade of automotive fuel (by 17.3% in nominal terms and 6.9% in real terms).The turnover in retail trade decreased in the following groups/classes: Retail sale of non-food products (except fuel) (by 13.6%
in nominal terms and 11.5% in real terms) and Retail trade, except automotive fuel (by 7.0% in nominal terms and 7.1% in real terms).

Table 3 Distributive trade turnover indices and change rates (value and volume), April 2017

Preliminary data
					2010=100
		IV 2017 IV 2016	IV 2017 IV 2016	IV 2017 Ø 2010	IV 2017 Ø 2010

		Change rates, nominal (%)	Change rates, real (%)	Value index	Volume index
45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	-6.5	-	93.4	-
46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	14.3	-	181.5	-
47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	-2.7	-3.4	106.8	95.7
	Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco (G47_FOOD)	1	0.6	111.5	100.5
	Retail sale of non-food products (except fuel) (G47_NFOOD_X_G473)	-13.6	-11.5	120.9	94.2
	Retail trade, except automotive fuel (G47_X_G473)	-7	-7.1	116.1	103.3
	Retail trade of automotive fuel (G473)	17.3	6.9	82.2	87.1

Source: State Statistical Office of Republic of Macedonia

MARKET

FYR Macedonia is an upper-middle-income country that has made great strides in reforming its economy over the past decade. Following strong economic growth during the period 2002–08 averaging 4.3%, average GDP growth has declined to 2.1% per year since 2009. The main drivers of growth since 2009 have been construction (supported by sizable public investments), industry (particularly manufacturing), and wholesale and retail trade.

GDP per capita based on PPP of FYR Macedonia increased from 6,115.32 current international dollar in 1997 to 14,530.13 current international dollar in 2016 growing at an average annual rate of 4.69 %.

Table 1. Economies

Economies
Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
GDP (USD million)	10,494.6	9,745.1	10,817.8	11,362.3	10,059.8	10,909.5
Real GDP Growth (% growth)	2.3	-0.5	2.9	3.5	3.8	2.4
Inflation (% growth)	3.9	3.3	2.8	-0.3	-0.3	-0.2
Unemployment Rate (% of economically active population)	31.4	31.0	29.0	28.0	26.1	23.7
Exchange Rates Against US Dollar (MKD per USD)	44.2	47.9	46.4	46.4	55.5	55.7

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Labour Market

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, in the I quarter of 2017, the labour force in the Republic of

Macedonia numbered 952 644 persons, of which 734 043 were employed, while 218 601 were unemployed persons.

The activity rate in this period was 56.7, the employment rate was 43.7, while the unemployment rate was 22.9.

Table 2. Active Population

T-04: Working age population by economic activity, age groups and gender - structure
Age	Total			Labour force			Employed			Unemployed			Inactive population
	2016/I	2016/IV	2017/I	2016/I	2016/IV	2017/I	2016/I	2016/IV	2017/I	2016/I	2016/IV	2017/I	2016/I	2016/IV	2017/I
Total
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
15-24	16.5	16.2	16	9.2	9	9.5	6	6.2	6.8	18.8	18.5	18.3	26	25.5	24.7
25-49	46.2	46.3	46.3	65.1	65.8	65.1	65.7	66.4	65.5	63.3	63.6	63.6	21.8	20.9	21.7
50-64	24	24.2	24.2	24.7	24.4	24.9	26.9	26.3	26.9	17.9	17.9	18	23.1	23.9	23.3
65 years and over	13.2	13.4	13.5	1	0.8	0.6	1.3	1.1	0.7	-	:	:	29	29.7	30.4
15-64	86.8	86.6	86.5	99	99.2	99.4	98.7	98.9	99.3	100	99.9	99.9	71	70.3	69.6
Men
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
15-24	17	16.6	16.5	9.7	9.3	9.8	6.2	6.6	7.2	19.7	18.5	18.3	33.4	32.4	31.4
25-49	47.1	47.1	47.2	63.4	64.2	63.3	64.1	65	63.9	61.7	61.4	61.1	10.2	10.2	11.6
50-64	23.9	24.1	24.1	25.7	25.5	26.4	28.3	27.1	28.2	18.6	20.1	20.5	19.8	21.1	19
65 years and over	12	12.1	12.2	1.1	1	(0.6)	1.5	1.2	(0.7)	-	-	:	36.6	36.3	38
15-64	88	87.9	87.8	98.9	99	99.4	98.5	98.8	99.3	100	100	100	63.4	63.7	62
Women
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
15-24	16.1	15.7	15.6	8.2	8.5	9	5.8	5.5	6.3	17	18.3	18.2	22	21.5	20.9
25-49	45.3	45.4	45.4	67.9	68.2	67.9	68.3	68.6	68	66.5	66.9	67.5	28.1	27	27.3
50-64	24.1	24.3	24.3	23	22.7	22.5	24.8	25.1	24.9	16.5	14.6	14.2	25	25.5	25.7
65 years and over	14.5	14.6	14.7	(0.9)	(0.7)	(0.6)	(1.1)	(0.8)	(0.8)	-	:	:	24.9	25.9	26.1
15-64	85.5	85.4	85.3	99.1	99.3	99.4	98.9	99.2	99.2	100	99.8	99.9	75.1	74.1	73.9

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the index of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in March 2017, compared to March 2016, was 101.8.

This increase is caused by the increase of the average monthly net wage paid per employee in the sectors: Financial and insurance activities (7.5%), Mining and quarrying (7.2%) Arts, entertainment and recreation (6.7%). An increase in the average monthly net wage paid per employee compared to the previous month was recorded in the sectors: Mining and quarrying (8.4%), Financial and insurance activities (6.3%) Information and communication (5.2%). The average monthly net wage paid per employee in March 2017 was 22 445 denars. In March 2017, 1.3% of the employees in the Republic of Macedonia did not receive any payment.

Table 3. Average monthly net wage paid per employee

Average monthly net wage paid per employee, March 2017

		III 2017	I-III 2017	Indices
				III 2017 ---------- Ø 2016	III 2017 ---------- II 2017	III 2017 ---------- III 2016	I-III 2017 ---------- I-III 2016
	AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING	16951.287111468	16665.089361702	100.46299449997	103.93516423148	102.55184219655	100.52609679039
01	Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities	16559.077718224	16344.056746948	102.62849071961	104.16043238166	106.72277122254	104.05346571356
02	Forestry and logging	18149.640095465	17828.800162075	95.530180067459	100.83636464347	93.79697520406	94.924134881528
03	Fishing and aquaculture	13767.510344828	12297.454716981	118.10490073363	130.00963653658	123.90642692531	98.381817764723
	MINING AND QUARRYING	28069.273360205	27127.238864898	107.00549248409	108.38031332359	107.21535731533	105.49702637299
05	Mining of coal and lignite	18141.428571429	19574.825174825	94.984765441056	91.251643354564	98.795674278414	103.13398757391
07	Mining of metal ores	32073.800938338	30868.071333333	108.99240745305	112.5412293087	109.56590505193	107.84856075466
08	Other mining and quarrying	23455.585477941	22414.548255266	105.30727849763	105.1003553769	104.74015344752	103.05363471156
09	Mining support service activities	23383.29	24413.067615658	98.869404849653	91.152262893229	98.112587775762	94.595305439572
	MANUFACTURING	17485.881390644	17268.343667489	102.28054536549	102.75867552188	104.59813451105	103.61724022079
10	Manufacture of food products	17469.738919589	17248.795673991	99.254134875679	103.01710864265	95.694173576964	98.631109423132
11	Manufacture of beverages	28876.388606881	26909.628790715	111.95307413256	114.1206864747	117.22948224038	110.60614735021
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	23698.727753304	24525.162661738	100.24113164406	99.177663315362	117.63719386296	105.05240831749
13	Manufacture of textiles	16390.18833652	15967.325701978	106.19077991261	107.39964235185	110.37344035996	109.26331319709
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	13583.513348463	13202.622446327	107.45505555042	103.93715551681	107.88500989796	107.36770544053
15	Manufacture of leather and related products	12219.562141491	11855.081722862	105.11791874917	103.56057477615	105.60026047042	104.41462083267
16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	14595.008333333	14490.069470699	106.14907952479	101.58576188771	107.68482631121	107.94630834661
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	18589.549872123	18470.143350604	100.26882969196	100.92545432667	100.39751623083	101.10345566525
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	17845.107414449	18263.946236559	97.213173059938	96.08515152819	100.00527284591	99.394713515049
19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	21757.142857143	19735.882352941	129.90931372158	100	138.12110158305	131.37222966232
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	30500.990502035	33862.892134831	100.70304246049	104.33140828366	107.48834596072	103.57509918032
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	45106.773584906	44750.5526182	106.53806046733	104.26798772223	109.21993085615	107.57246193338
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	16250.33460257	15983.969530391	99.719902926968	102.1514081236	106.16481076208	100.65151628366
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	27371.874868559	25653.462707671	105.85596648583	111.50934146577	106.72612520003	101.74281833397
24	Manufacture of basic metals	20375.508842958	22037.716605047	96.687390442651	92.344594258367	100.8500299462	106.28762200194
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	19969.144913928	19692.892491111	107.02600795034	101.690655404	101.83017329124	103.26953854773
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	18396.268907563	18418.582612196	101.87558203238	98.317810816453	99.934814474191	97.253735728635
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	19292.285335103	19299.443472409	98.493927957841	102.30941847959	104.19326780261	103.10134920934
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	23264.626155878	22971.76085031	102.06693331412	101.72111841058	101.92325688517	102.39640800264
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	17027.17700399	16793.847795164	92.32428099977	102.30211560521	98.608515294553	95.46165544185
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	35593.781437126	35847.494242693	117.49997406563	89.813993059306	121.85903906017	109.45903523416
31	Manufacture of furniture	14152.451190476	13858.417740404	103.19268072234	103.21020271643	104.24616241115	102.84394284643
32	Other manufacturing	22044.295652174	20074.416422287	93.113866279551	115.38527286713	77.552544797028	70.964893416758
33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	30497.107221007	30379.644363636	105.23877238189	100.56868668832	139.1145665533	137.16754099607
	ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY	36429.448835746	37225.342908664	97.86185180459	101.11693610338	98.645997940444	100.03951108735
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	36429.448835746	37225.342908664	97.86185180459	101.11693610338	98.645997940444	100.03951108735
	WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES	19949.126031785	20031.38773741	100.47920248063	100.19910588852	102.05228667745	101.79538217569
36	Water collection, treatment and supply	20395.599791014	20328.647462277	101.19715138821	100.43937837433	101.93779993408	100.99797655518
37	Sewerage	17644.226415094	18374.460567823	101.17317373779	98.760352398715	98.244062097155	107.77065917728
38	Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery	19273.128060264	19533.020051948	98.877932115553	99.823151560903	101.13661823844	101.61710879957
39	Remediation activities and other waste management services	26490.925	26104.503937008	143.94204035803	103.12646458412	169.28222590586	165.44803607256
	CONSTRUCTION	20199.948349675	19660.105181659	95.259726085819	101.74920104641	96.323702587668	95.408643050789
41	Construction of buildings	18896.891454965	17641.606110738	104.84129748281	107.42032540079	105.41371621814	101.63302741076
42	Civil engineering	22155.418181818	22518.810338972	85.100111605208	95.559314021492	85.237168092934	88.419251065452
43	Specialised construction activities	19799.480408298	19329.904063451	98.92855814503	102.85042908221	102.8436533531	98.949880348048
	WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE; REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES	20390.882834866	20803.718998653	100.38191521031	100.84193539021	102.9607299307	102.5673921365
45	Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	23998.008014797	23855.659193747	98.990999570658	100.94265590579	103.14947457557	102.35471223524
46	Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	25122.842973856	25247.035008752	99.791726790378	101.07414843532	101.46518620121	98.550091413635
47	Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles	17029.616276618	17747.174709226	100.87963785214	100.10921979542	104.7395759748	106.79221026301
	TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	23085.938036425	23952.655226861	100.78265652801	93.011286646649	103.56944396321	106.23050093083
49	Land transport and transport via pipelines	18460.17841488	18315.153636794	101.78835168386	101.77068171909	104.47919516171	104.22304038638
51	Air transport	52756	55329.571428571	105.54566252812	99.999187641317	116.64610391046	125.06410743842
52	Warehousing and support activities for transportation	35990.423734079	40020.814020619	100.51082099385	81.146829633683	104.47509496866	112.73036268323
53	Postal and courier activities	22071.976726727	22251.402226949	97.634039103117	99.629409844761	97.533086384418	97.375032834768
	ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD SERVICE ACTIVITIES	15667.409964546	15614.320515191	101.58762586531	102.32185510769	103.6374968755	100.28498749721
55	Accommodation	16837.993560606	16963.147253847	99.052628466494	100.89823311168	100.75671349295	101.43250837492
56	Food and beverage service activities	14530.837440235	14304.972431382	104.91076589837	103.97797630316	107.29510711018	99.070670076087
	INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	38005.093933214	37253.586021279	104.15367162411	105.22721084515	100.72857301252	105.20680403078
58	Publishing activities	24043.013215859	24324.641274986	100.95099272499	99.714268885269	104.90683049712	105.11054727005
59	Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities	30688.988123515	30747.713722397	97.452591767081	99.326930610517	92.913784223337	93.595151732487
60	Programming and broadcasting activities	23404.093607306	23685.883106945	99.829232659276	99.644290869965	103.20672528413	102.14813769287
61	Telecommunications	44256.00400641	42584.856123009	108.02416603276	111.99088510168	93.874984033997	102.57134990577
62	Computer programming, consultancy and related activities	49073.50592698	49260.462700811	99.128651958374	99.783094527749	104.85796206457	110.90085594222
63	Information service activities	31578.815960912	31227.324382385	101.96628841807	101.62339298928	101.53313253209	100.58028674631
	FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	41828.379966085	40111.714990298	105.35748047402	106.30332334284	107.48948050423	101.79196585488
64	Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding	44577.328566622	42578.610169492	107.63794229672	107.57760061613	108.85357089645	102.7254793381
65	Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security	35351.927374302	33689.227654413	100.15127642064	106.06235964274	105.05082928228	99.126486047192
66	Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities	32734.701149425	33994.313662604	94.150628529125	89.857557900989	99.209780592924	101.00887780382
	REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	23166.145003266	23652.800133245	96.649852030721	98.374487872317	94.699779953853	98.013912417463
68	Real estate activities	23166.145003266	23652.800133245	96.649852030721	98.374487872317	94.699779953853	98.013912417463
	PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES	28304.978450487	28707.407737757	97.972259036836	97.344112665365	93.978826043093	99.281373978582
69	Legal and accounting activities	36048.738888889	40473.812615955	89.735993983898	85.610726183236	82.842127452923	106.48647994715
70	Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities	25592.918326693	26500.378065395	96.919227743594	97.350392674458	96.665431270301	98.778350165266
71	Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis	25589.592954308	25102.890329242	102.90172679823	102.02630192538	101.44111198361	102.27555047204
72	Scientific research and development	28448.434210526	28344.745614035	101.77914868705	100.17817356282	101.67942653507	99.640242003123
73	Advertising and market research	35960.837777778	34897.249253731	99.921618207726	101.18909092525	86.771857881472	81.688755226148
74	Other professional, scientific and technical activities	30642.881748072	30644.130360206	84.889250412703	97.431787463743	90.033611312737	91.430944381328
75	Veterinary activities	17416.961352657	17378.761290323	103.44324636872	101.46550836167	104.52174902117	107.78011719406
	ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	16469.384911032	16754.941897667	99.60313049734	98.526919557324	93.166427762377	99.950938155077
77	Rental and leasing activities	18917.320512821	21913.093877551	89.022828134634	99.000739089232	92.832642226288	111.08578321897
78	Employment activities	16147.764853395	16533.72494353	102.12511132039	98.841591551564	104.31585041742	105.62585082372
79	Travel agency, tour operator reservation service and related activities	18855.789215686	18930.982829109	106.27313800995	102.47807555448	108.17842537923	106.89321816841
80	Security and investigation activities	13810.349107836	14439.168040509	96.499279582792	93.97232788148	97.218416187904	102.19458686949
81	Services to buildings and landscape activities	13651.926633785	13669.727713078	99.803235259467	100.59132369829	99.659052056611	100.02406360862
82	Office administrative, office support and other business support activities	23044.61733871	23204.166621731	99.464931263817	99.228641499148	77.854047139178	93.646491949429
	PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEFENCE; COMPULSORY SOCIAL SECURITY	26629.178664792	27081.793948337	99.609335731832	97.877086914459	101.62017778308	102.85014302813
84	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	26629.178664792	27081.793948337	99.609335731832	97.877086914459	101.62017778308	102.85014302813
	EDUCATION	22226.56310923	22233.299990693	100.16632613313	100.14651171059	100.41299176607	100.37158709732
85	Education	22226.56310923	22233.299990693	100.16632613313	100.14651171059	100.41299176607	100.37158709732
	HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES	24562.48779074	24804.982904438	99.964789997381	99.813114694721	101.61008034699	102.44713825716
86	Human health activities	26577.758961397	26890.806854962	99.842735320783	99.746743922712	101.56359809831	102.60213996485
87	Residential care activities	18916.246196404	19212.294983893	98.499575262324	99.767089913266	103.2356278968	102.83972468148
88	Social work activities without accommodation	16793.37898027	16686.232796295	100.86562407298	100.45595339774	101.48324473629	100.74391363164
	ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION	20437.149375656	20519.231997507	96.875888514919	100.55830133465	106.69787743086	105.07042176888
90	Creative, arts and entertainment activities	22218.070759625	22310.299256184	99.913140531543	100.07462165264	99.974062186536	100.39541463042
91	Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities	20301.133382461	20269.245407788	98.966183877456	100.36255220193	100.56180208983	99.809986941483
92	Gambling and betting activities	19535.685538592	19685.143707905	107.40863957172	100.70165490395	112.55012063921	110.27711676675
93	Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities	22201.864111498	21942.739461358	50.340920266864	101.5809347158	100.86782962009	94.950389636649
	OTHER SERVICE ACTIVITIES	26700.383736559	26541.49453247	102.19026973042	101.32829006755	103.50773434334	103.39093741994
94	Activities of membership organisations	35021.853785901	34444.020618557	103.32687785527	102.04076690436	104.55906071678	103.04211522699
95	Repair of computers and personal and household goods	18223.6328125	18494.558746736	98.519596599331	97.706382328238	97.025529017613	96.895645146466
96	Other personal service activities	17795.96969697	17888.893220339	101.08029548597	101.95623776911	104.01468875785	105.41422337926

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

According to the data of the State Statistical Office employer’s average annual labour costs per employee in the Republic of Macedonia in 2008 amounted to 318 273 denars.

Employer’s average monthly labour costs per employee in the Republic of Macedonia in 2008 amounted to 26 523 denars. The biggest employer’s average monthly labour costs per employee in the Republic of Macedonia in 2008 were in the Financial intermediation sector, and they amounted to 57 065 denars.

In 2008 the employer’s average annual labour costs per hour actually worked in the Republic of Macedonia were 173 denars. The total average annual hours actually worked per employee in the Republic of Macedonia amounted to 1845 hours.

INDUSTRY

According to the State Statistical Office data, the industrial production volume index in April 2017, in comparison with April 2016, was 98.1.

The industrial production in the section Mining and quarrying in April 2017, in comparison with April 2016, increased by 2.9%, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 2.8%, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it increased by 1.2%.

The decrease in the section Manufacturing is mostly due to decreased production in the divisions Manufacture of food products, Manufacture of beverages, Manufacture of wearing apparel, Manufacture of rubber and plastic products, Manufacture of basic metals and Manufacture of electrical equipment.

The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in April 2017, in comparison with April 2016, was higher in Energy by 0.4% and Capital goods by 2.8%, but lower in Intermediate goods, except energy by 1.2%, Durable consumer goods by 9.1% and Non-durable consumer goods by 5.2%. The industrial production index in the period January – April 2017, in comparison with January – April 2016, was 98.4.

Table 1. Industrial production volume indices

Industrial production volume indices
	2016=100
		Struc-ture	IV 2017 IV 2016	I - IV 2017 I - IV 2016	IV 2017 Ø 2016	2016 2015
Total		100	98.120582135609	98.370862688953	97.222043481564	103.37619778373
Energy		9.8777717250927	100.3725792962	105.76786179621	87.329735888106	96.146032593234
Intermediate goods, except energy		30.675205408265	98.820909723683	100.28937106758	106.12459095575	99.070187813196
Capital goods		20.036666807511	102.8361168729	99.995963537554	97.119150170156	127.12459436507
Durable consumer goods		3.43892432891	90.949327708452	109.64524170903	67.879149272976	125.36472593128
Non-durable consumer goods		35.971431730221	94.844705477933	92.972688559466	95.209227173441	97.813275106807
B	Mining and quarrying	9.1432777229903	102.87524265283	96.71223902733	101.7371607919	92.207957942687
05	Mining of coal and lignite	1.9622690954459	95.409153666084	83.712149519247	97.687973439744	86.065688678789
07	Mining of metal ores	5.1550520216786	99.011209935132	97.890976334109	101.65509822759	92.190116214474
08	Other mining and quarrying	2.0259566058658	120.80011729528	109.41713424567	105.86786722788	98.07048020832
C	Manufacturing	82.941219647363	97.199257301654	97.226164180716	97.91343992984	105.31646135508
10	Manufacture of food products	11.476904521868	94.601362320103	95.043278763945	90.031262620394	97.53386514906
11	Manufacture of beverages	4.4483476158071	99.654084047643	95.489643385428	93.199006956939	100.32858376383
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	2.6693207375049	120.90700994558	107.68065886164	159.50279991447	102.56092028598
13	Manufacture of textiles	3.0184086428326	114.09130864019	95.483565514158	102.15094895024	111.46568974693
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	9.6037628422893	77.639425614417	79.325937690836	83.843098082436	92.738645182372
15	Manufacture of leather and related products	1.1565873979925	100.2341706957	84.772052987889	82.072621051874	84.231061129536
16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	0.9854831582887	61.009146368623	55.136634001693	91.558916489656	130.67008943225
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	1.0704513887328	107.76910521707	103.61250163	92.185610449423	98.787560910813
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	1.3378827801308	97.510734592296	110.41923445912	90.498082275284	96.862090271934
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	1.2752468567406	110.97215095157	115.58073249177	98.824660511172	72.18690130075
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	2.9484121891751	107.91114719543	119.46089785464	100.57430016369	109.74893586361
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	2.7875703575814	97.873262178149	102.61474413263	115.83772054301	118.21558321714
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	5.4030179388591	116.23068893585	115.63043657957	138.79393509895	119.34068376618
24	Manufacture of basic metals	6.2939685005044	90.567176100743	99.62450559803	95.397846165357	88.882493822613
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	2.5881833430887	117.20211959394	93.235892721703	117.69770602994	88.849774383927
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	0.70282939755894	106.87721654509	139.64056154506	95.950379945814	144.53872859393
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	4.8770139421139	60.063029607537	84.158538012509	57.612809425605	113.23353232
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	10.932985682867	101.18010236642	106.5353076301	100.39551749004	122.01778106437
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	6.4894984982634	113.25353496241	97.297441039003	95.692043033177	152.17275464581
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	0.44220385683478	55.232558139535	60.468140442133	63.12292358804	98.688524590164
31	Manufacture of furniture	1.6931481320644	101.29627649227	115.56820471909	93.949776392212	96.398167324567
32	Other manufacturing	0.38660051662094	104.06655323762	71.79976127272	105.09455060603	97.925637863387
33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	0.35339134964314	149.08418450154	53.586560422585	95.956314073509	121.50538135191
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	7.9155026296468	101.22197815174	111.70143969793	84.761907869865	98.598581891293
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	7.9155026296468	101.22197815174	111.70143969793	84.761907869865	98.598581891293

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 2. Indices of the number of employees in industry

Indices of the number of employees in industry, April 2017
	2016=100
		IV 2017 IV 2016	I - IV 2017 I - IV 2016	IV 2017 Ø 2016	2016 2015
Total		100.49631907033	100.35367666315	100.80999193496	100.07180792211
Energy		100.6587517297	100.72422667085	100.38335158817	102.04366519627
Intermediate goods, except energy		102.08258006441	102.2343390535	102.35482903028	101.79692224985
Capital goods		110.67175535244	107.08335030488	108.92905985031	110.08676997338
Durable consumer goods		104.65779052742	104.5871931745	103.3176393299	102.42890773887
Non-durable consumer goods		96.907402616577	97.439460311326	97.868153492948	96.649461879466
B	Mining and quarrying	99.859578736209	100.67171717172	99.956494093237	101.90120551776
05	Mining of coal and lignite	103.24324324324	103.18861908266	102.08940719145	104.39634764964
07	Mining of metal ores	98.679867986799	99.904773241281	99.37878368219	99.668730528059
08	Other mining and quarrying	94.571773220748	96.33281972265	96.068620443174	101.65040481628
C	Manufacturing	100.61078415592	100.38091933074	100.95054074823	99.888355476164
10	Manufacture of food products	98.930764014479	99.588156282352	98.545376264723	99.48768815445
11	Manufacture of beverages	103.79173740804	104.721395151	103.35791105058	100.83822693692
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	96.412096360841	93.460633010725	100.69593147752	87.603564170705
13	Manufacture of textiles	96.972627608052	96.446494695563	99.5051055566	104.09100069415
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	96.197234530425	97.011295437843	96.775786303264	94.68744543391
15	Manufacture of leather and related products	88.417676407698	88.194136923213	91.611791494861	95.059525550648
16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	99.148936170213	98.646453708717	99.360341151386	99.787234042553
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	98.668639053254	99.36755952381	98.498646320453	104.55481214617
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	92.815057283142	92.19109630527	94.082840236686	93.938882323147
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	101.19515029998	101.7270356788	101.75681283718	101.26113776559
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	103.1027070282	103.56473143866	102.79928528886	103.15725561627
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	102.15042590476	102.03076987357	103.12566146899	95.124615909867
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	98.718662952646	98.746478873239	100.28296547821	99.246431078867
24	Manufacture of basic metals	83.211815292578	86.795928706305	85.990275944232	94.065088667787
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	97.056349873844	98.897604409582	96.333913043478	102.96540362438
26	Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products	118.08278867102	131.86746987952	104.18068236425	188.21223997588
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	128.50682511135	125.94808584193	124.08075096491	116.43786264174
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	106.98275862069	107.28389644581	106.55409273039	111.55810983397
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	113.12123414083	106.93761810277	111.68953010766	107.46908708235
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	94.152046783626	95.768374164811	96.26307922272	101.98170731707
31	Manufacture of furniture	106.24490751287	105.80236706322	104.42331541959	104.35438672128
32	Other manufacturing	126.85714285714	126.46638054363	126.9175797999	100.7197696737
33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	103.22580645161	113.27433628319	102.67379679144	252.7027027027
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	99.355831475089	99.479827191519	99.511831871587	100.88370154231
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	99.355831475089	99.479827191519	99.511831871587	100.88370154231

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. Chain indices of industrial production

Chain indices of industrial production
		2014 ------ 2013	2015 ------ 2014	2016 ------ 2015
	Total	104.79154730635	104.91740066502	103.37619778373
	Energy	87.787654549616	100.1942725873	96.146032593234
	Intermediate goods, except energy	107.08943624901	100.20610548042	99.070187813196
	Capital goods	148.54188734353	123.59871007227	127.12459436507
	Durable consumer goods	98.434736831688	105.57099288043	125.36472593128
	Non-durable consumer goods	101.66094370324	104.90683584363	97.813275106807
B	Mining and quarrying	98.051174996028	98.632140549009	92.207957942687
5	Mining of coal and lignite	97.53162705998	91.621558501096	86.065688678789
7	Mining of metal ores	94.319475203004	98.929964600822	92.190116214474
8	Other mining and quarrying	108.38349217187	104.92410391264	98.07048020832
C	Manufacturing	109.02341091294	105.96067521817	105.31646135508
10	Manufacture of food products	102.52588090285	110.35901774191	97.53386514906
11	Manufacture of beverages	90.838561321444	113.01347128245	100.32858376383
12	Manufacture of tobacco products	105.60414798838	77.510055599972	102.56092028598
13	Manufacture of textiles	106.48980640987	114.82620569988	111.46568974693
14	Manufacture of wearing apparel	104.58483621666	106.71848499474	92.738645182372
15	Manufacture of leather and related products	92.098845987393	81.611922606554	84.231061129536
16	Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials	120.44231418806	121.67163377875	130.67008943225
17	Manufacture of paper and paper products	109.59629330409	112.75351228504	98.787560910813
18	Printing and reproduction of recorded media	98.583361966428	94.312046396159	96.862090271934
19	Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	0.98870645865462	0.085559726075526	0.085559726075526
20	Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	111.24209131541	95.350598747376	72.18690130075
21	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	105.16672977029	104.56372290302	109.74893586361
22	Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	120.1164740836	95.646408224554	118.21558321714
23	Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	105.80445690886	100.47197802293	119.34068376618
24	Manufacture of basic metals	101.38592102691	106.29600740539	88.882493822613
25	Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment	105.11529223986	111.80889740227	88.849774383927
27	Manufacture of electrical equipment	130.10536529575	93.992476983492	113.23353232
28	Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	122.79832987372	121.29997573777	122.01778106437
29	Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers	…*	137.03271951025	152.17275464581
30	Manufacture of other transport equipment	116.24979416053	89.08693190704	98.688524590164
31	Manufacture of furniture	99.007370050629	112.89504193267	96.398167324567
32	Other manufacturing	128.81166009956	99.068492383487	97.925637863387
33	Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	93.99726889735	73.097025351851	121.50538135191
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	85.78019747946	103.20138204075	98.598581891293
35	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	85.78019747946	103.20138204075	98.598581891293

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

FOREIGN TRADE

According to the preliminary data of the State Statistical Office, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in the period January-December 2016 amounted to 266 650 320 thousand denars, a 6.8% increase compared to the same period last year. The value of imported goods in the same period was 376 130 328 thousand denars, or 5.7% more than the same period last year.

The trade deficit in the period January-December 2016 was 109 480 008 thousand denars.

Import coverage by export in the period January-December 2016 was 70.9%.

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, ferro-nickel and clothes. 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), other metals of the platinum group and alloys thereof, unwrought or in powder form and electricity.

In the period January-December 2016, according to the total external trade volume, the most important trade partners of the Republic of Macedonia were Germany, Great Britain, Serbia, Greece and Italy.

Table 1. External trade expressed in euros and US dollars

External trade volume I-XII 2016	Import coverage by export
642 780 648 thousand denars	70.9%
10 435 994 thousand euros	70.9%
11 544 649 thousand US dollars	70.8%

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Expressed in euros, the total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in the period January-December 2016 amounted to 4 329 267 thousand euros, a 6.9% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 6 106 727 thousand euros, or 5.7% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-December 2016 was 1 777 461 thousand euros.

The total value of exported goods from the Republic of Macedonia in the period January-December 2016 amounted to 4 787 199 thousand US dollars, a 6.6% increase compared to the same period last year, while the value of imported goods in the same period was 6 757 450 thousand US dollars, or 5.6% more than the same period last year. The trade deficit in the period January-December 2016 was 1 970 251 thousand US dollars.

Table 2. External trade grouped according to categories of goods as defined by SITC

External trade grouped according to categories of goods as defined by SITC, cummulative data
			Value in thousand EUR
2016_12	export	Total	4329267
		0 Food and live animals Total	314539
		00 Live animals other than animals of division 03	779
		01 Meat and meat preparations	22982
		02 Dairy products and bird's eggs	10099
		03 Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof	913
		04 Cereals and cereal preparations	66501
		05 Vegetables and fruit	171358
		06 Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	8516
		07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof	14065
		08 Feeding stuff for animals (not including unmilled cereals)	1150
		09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	18175
		1 Beverages and tobacco Total	177609
		11 Beverages	59007
		12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	118602
		2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels Total	187464
		21 Hides, skins and furskins, raw	3957
		22 Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits	1026
		23 Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	21
		24 Cork and wood	2069
		25 Pulp and waste paper	4458
		26 Textile fibres (other than wool tops and other combed wool) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)	700
		27 Crude fertilizers, other than those of division 56, and crude minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	23961
		28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	137761
		29 Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s.	13511
		3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials Total	49821
		32 Coal, coke and briquettes	157
		33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	39141
		34 Gas, natural and manufactured	2104
		35 Electric current	8419
		4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes Total	18367
		41 Animal oils and fats	3
		42 Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated	17885
		43 Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; animal or vegetable waxes	479
		5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. Total	1036691
		51 Organic chemicals	1772
		52 Inorganic chemicals	7522
		53 Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	10818
		54 Medical and pharmaceutical products	69464
		55 Essential oils and resinoids and parfume materials; toilet, polishing and cleaning preparations	10771
		56 Fertilizers (other than those of group 272)	244
		57 Plastics in primary forms	11901
		58 Plastics in non-primary forms	40777
		59 Chemical materials and products, n.e.s.	883423
		6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material Total	622914
		61 Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins	1141
		62 Rubber manufactures, n.e.s.	7375
		63 Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	4445
		64 Paper, paperboard and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	9624
		65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s., and related products	70432
		66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.	40440
		67 Iron and steel	411930
		68 Non-ferrous metals	7802
		69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.	69726
		7 Machinery and transport equipment Total	1204746
		71 Power generating machinery and equipment	1488
		72 Machinery specialized for particular industries	17299
		73 Metal working machinery	2069
		74 General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s., and machine parts, n.n.s.	517928
		75 Office machines and automatic data-processing machines	4249
		76 Telecommunication and sound-recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment	5695
		77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s., and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts, n.e.s., of electrical household-type equipment)	474853
		78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	163786
		79 Other transport equipment	17379
		8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles Total	713036
		81 Prefabricated buildings; sanitary plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.s.	1784
		82 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings	144653
		83 Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	1191
		84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	464567
		85 Footwear	51387
		87 Proffesional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.	12351
		88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks	1556
		89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.	35548
		9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC Total	4080
		91 Postal packages not classified according to kind	-
		93 Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind	-
		96 Coin (other than gold coin) not being legal tender	-
		97 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold, ores and concentrates)	2395
		XX Undivided	1684
	import	Total	6106727
		0 Food and live animals Total	554265
		00 Live animals other than animals of division 03	4014
		01 Meat and meat preparations	118370
		02 Dairy products and bird's eggs	47885
		03 Fish (not marine mammals), crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic invertebrates and preparations thereof	18727
		04 Cereals and cereal preparations	78386
		05 Vegetables and fruit	83220
		06 Sugars, sugar preparations and honey	44746
		07 Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, and manufactures thereof	71040
		08 Feeding stuff for animals (not including unmilled cereals)	23188
		09 Miscellaneous edible products and preparations	64688
		1 Beverages and tobacco Total	72860
		11 Beverages	34330
		12 Tobacco and tobacco manufactures	38530
		2 Crude materials, inedible, except fuels Total	127256
		21 Hides, skins and furskins, raw	1161
		22 Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruits	13570
		23 Crude rubber (including synthetic and reclaimed)	1782
		24 Cork and wood	22694
		25 Pulp and waste paper	571
		26 Textile fibres (other than wool tops and other combed wool) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric)	9799
		27 Crude fertilizers, other than those of division 56, and crude minerals (excluding coal, petroleum and precious stones)	11896
		28 Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	48700
		29 Crude animal and vegetable materials, n.e.s.	17083
		3 Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials Total	548096
		32 Coal, coke and briquettes	19760
		33 Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	378966
		34 Gas, natural and manufactured	65485
		35 Electric current	83885
		4 Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes Total	53254
		41 Animal oils and fats	713
		42 Fixed vegetable fats and oils, crude, refined or fractionated	49827
		43 Animal or vegetable fats and oils, processed; animal or vegetable waxes	2714
		5 Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. Total	723692
		51 Organic chemicals	22672
		52 Inorganic chemicals	36767
		53 Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials	46081
		54 Medical and pharmaceutical products	146361
		55 Essential oils and resinoids and parfume materials; toilet, polishing and cleaning preparations	100497
		56 Fertilizers (other than those of group 272)	26671
		57 Plastics in primary forms	84231
		58 Plastics in non-primary forms	97371
		59 Chemical materials and products, n.e.s.	163040
		6 Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material Total	2273036
		61 Leather, leather manufactures, n.e.s. and dressed furskins	36606
		62 Rubber manufactures, n.e.s.	53053
		63 Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)	52384
		64 Paper, paperboard and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard	106400
		65 Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n.e.s., and related products	410944
		66 Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n.e.s.	323687
		67 Iron and steel	316898
		68 Non-ferrous metals	830421
		69 Manufactures of metals, n.e.s.	142642
		7 Machinery and transport equipment Total	1302225
		71 Power generating machinery and equipment	36369
		72 Machinery specialized for particular industries	126726
		73 Metal working machinery	25723
		74 General industrial machinery and equipment, n.e.s., and machine parts, n.n.s.	194092
		75 Office machines and automatic data-processing machines	56741
		76 Telecommunication and sound-recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment	138977
		77 Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s., and electrical parts thereof (including non-electrical counterparts, n.e.s., of electrical household-type equipment)	408496
		78 Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)	298092
		79 Other transport equipment	17010
		8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles Total	444660
		81 Prefabricated buildings; sanitary plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures and fittings, n.e.s.	24573
		82 Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings	52485
		83 Travel goods, handbags and similar containers	7450
		84 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	75548
		85 Footwear	38740
		87 Proffesional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.	58740
		88 Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks	11134
		89 Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.	175991
		9 Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in the SITC Total	7383
		91 Postal packages not classified according to kind	-
		93 Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind	-
		96 Coin (other than gold coin) not being legal tender	-
		97 Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold, ores and concentrates)	382
		XX Undivided	7001

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. Commodity exchange of the Republic of Macedonia by economic groups of the countries for the period 01-12. 2016 preliminary data

Commodity exchange of the Republic of Macedonia by economic groups of the countries for the period 01-12. 2016 preliminary data
	Quantity in KG-export	Value in denars-export	Value in USD-export	Value in EUR-export	Quantity in KG-import	Value in denars-import	Value in USD-import	Value in EUR-import
Grand Total	2783956421	266650319898	4787198772	4329266624	5979707551	376130328145	6757450102	6106727495
African, Caribbean and Pacific countries Total	2627382	396354418	7141840	6433933	2225746	9938271615	178036031	161404469
Jamaica	-	-	-	-	74	84718	1526	1378
Cameroon	-	-	-	-	36424	3805180	68155	61678
Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	6374	1358456	24391	22068
Cape Verde	-	-	-	-	20	17295	317	280
Ethiopia (including Eritrea)	65	2966	52	48	41078	3538437	63655	57389
Mauritius	15386	2909851	51891	47268	68475	6111203	109635	99201
Sudan	5052	1611908	28741	26126	39963	3058799	55385	49667
Seychelles	15509	954937	17394	15509	16114	1663081	29987	27002
Fiji	-	-	-	-	172	93832	1677	1522
Gabon	16600	775284	13473	12605	8331	2833651	50748	46023
Ghana	3	190143	3365	3084	228569	53086804	939451	862396
Gambia	-	-	-	-	3	6294	114	102
Guinea	-	-	-	-	13	49570	879	804
Senegal	500	1217415	21041	19800	17722	1525559	27214	24798
Haiti	-	-	-	-	131	71476	1308	1162
Dominica	-	-	-	-	7	114919	2062	1866
Kenya	409	1527495	27175	24776	44960	13436824	239938	218202
St. Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	100	91481	1636	1484
Niue	-	-	-	-	0	311	6	5
Nauru	-	-	-	-	1019	217507	3947	3526
Zimbabwe	-	-	-	-	62839	1439430	25841	23368
Liberia	-	-	-	-	2	4437	80	72
Madagaskar	-	-	-	-	3822	4690459	84831	76143
Niger	-	-	-	-	0	17862	322	290
Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	28	25446	450	414
Namibia	1800	1667077	30268	27020	-	-	-	-
Mali	54864	1601030	29127	26029	-	-	-	-
Malawi	-	-	-	-	34560	2129148	37729	34509
Equatorial Guinea	1067	702844	12680	11421	-	-	-	-
Central African Republic	26	122529	2196	1993	180	380319	6909	6175
Benin	2221	546000	10085	8850	-	-	-	-
Surinam	23700	199335	3575	3231	301	110730	1997	1799
Uganda	1266	1342845	24307	21814	230532	26207927	472477	425281
Burundi	-	-	-	-	602	53396	939	867
Botswana	-	-	-	-	39	77350	1390	1256
Tanzania	5480	141098	2550	2295	65280	16042251	290018	260187
Saint Vincent and the Grenadin	-	-	-	-	1	1490	27	24
Tuvalu	-	-	-	-	1	15436	281	250
Belize	-	-	-	-	266	398794	7256	6469
Bahamas	-	-	-	-	80	133116	2363	2161
Congo, Rep.	160	101796	1872	1650	483	800755	14384	13019
Cote D'Ivoire	45197	6218211	109287	101133	573988	134962270	2418300	2191542
Burkina Faso	17100	1703547	31096	27700	34	34492	619	560
Togo	-	-	-	-	38000	2521626	45061	40954
Barbados	-	-	-	-	7648	888995	16152	14431
Chad	136	169261	3025	2744	300	56472	1018	915
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	0	2438	42	40
South Africa	2420842	372648844	6718640	6048837	697199	9656103095	172985362	156823052
Sao Tome and Principe	-	-	-	-	12	8241	145	134
Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	-	-	0	243	4	4
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Total	34190646	3032782876	54173171	49253740	121092843	28075815697	503432656	455833424
Peru	-	-	-	-	39151	36540524	652833	593011
Australia	2563265	311078538	5570505	5052453	888893	169386640	3022850	2750588
New-Zeland	21411	3864161	67208	62763	14380	5933234	106617	96375
Chile	4292	1309384	23957	21241	210179	109199145	1973379	1771290
China	31062284	2677567940	47810226	43484407	113101397	23499548450	421227047	381530472
Japan	539394	38962853	701275	632875	6838844	4255207704	76449931	69091689
Association of South-East Asian Nations Total	3175765	259994381	4644258	4224192	70700028	7263968125	130500373	117938587
Thailand	690291	32845090	585235	533349	8962936	1376958910	24746282	22349736
Myanmar(Burma)	-	-	-	-	9603	17900860	321666	290810
Malaysia	27463	7951042	144435	128982	9065922	885958251	15893900	14385316
Vietnam	1681858	175884976	3143870	2858639	2481776	2308245040	41418881	37480054
Laos People's Democratic Republic	-	-	-	-	278	1219141	21316	19813
Cambodia	-	-	-	-	89059	137277067	2474296	2228815
Indonesia	109365	16955056	295617	275527	49783397	2236389017	40249650	36313284
Singapore	566417	12196249	217461	198061	102781	182455638	3267772	2962605
Brunei	86	139806	2579	2266	11	5673	102	92
Philippines	100284	14022162	255060	227368	204266	117558528	2106508	1908063
Commonwealth of Independent States Total	66196968	3522721959	63179808	57195824	597393519	11014883951	197744384	178899935
Belarus	5566658	116782107	2129486	1895314	2393136	122198635	2198838	1983162
Kyrgyz Republic	221	479407	8593	7796	3392517	126624533	2259985	2055812
Azerbaijan	218630	14792229	266551	240136	23478	497638	8935	8091
Kazakhstan	83425	21285395	388125	345303	973300	22890589	405215	371671
Armenia	24157	25611122	456230	415990	-	-	-	-
Moldova	2727046	234979963	4231641	3815618	3547876	133156901	2372176	2163103
Tajikistan	367	172255	3093	2794	45	17584	312	285
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	-	248882	27161801	493452	441303
Ukraine	7481656	371777552	6688048	6036345	105858291	2571845672	46125128	41765025
Turkmenistan	64340	2990013	54702	48488	389982	50881639	917537	825380
Russian Federation	50030468	2733851917	48953340	44388041	480566013	7959608958	142962807	129286103
European Free Trade Association Total	8799065	1873565152	33679297	30422859	10085337	3777960071	67980864	61334671
Iceland	8805	463756	8304	7533	20362	3458835	60245	56214
Norway	833063	105528827	1900890	1712952	1824261	406992039	7403074	6611911
Switzerland	7651212	1737874744	31237227	28220068	8238223	3365349872	60478955	54631493
Liechtenstein	305984	29697825	532876	482306	2491	2159324	38590	35053
European Union Total	1314077421	213055783071	3824968357	3459044509	2552884287	233047861417	4188936641	3783551683
France	11552321	1405673114	25203152	22822290	17091995	5406426569	97050274	87769902
United Kingdom	16520891	3245042992	58368704	52689326	10463823	40321324631	726830062	654677221
Malta	43353	4367241	77836	70912	182710	120186662	2090651	1954418
Romania	85390542	7502709936	134712128	121803070	217156104	11881837603	213854419	192858235
Greece	240914774	9100420238	163326559	147743929	1081112951	27698209080	497191026	449727542
Hungary	18211521	2515681398	45061914	40849431	43466072	7792510162	140131266	126536314
Estonia	353584	43612002	779648	708418	1613140	56477768	1019578	916886
Portugal	14052779	470376653	8486456	7641534	4528236	1593834938	28663224	25877056
Ireland	49481	14486596	255165	235362	841734	874992355	15717266	14206797
Croatia	94971475	4971154740	89275610	80707802	95262442	5667754495	101879100	92019873
Finland	82864	61919008	1110334	1005437	3344079	496333870	8913333	8057182
Italy	102533732	9757128656	175224895	158419695	119695249	21435721767	384877836	347990927
Spain	32401244	6543177707	117303248	106218568	37455103	4068862246	73048453	66054388
Denmark	2033155	284344401	5099144	4617312	2233023	975053320	17421770	15831928
Germany	131661529	125280340526	2248626193	2033969157	138712695	46211179058	829913043	750195212
Czech Republic	36342541	2361844511	42425903	38345588	33484655	5531703440	99351964	89807040
Cyprus	2644569	39956318	713249	648816	57020	43123413	778157	700070
Slovenia	45181355	3671906509	65880970	59619620	45894463	7727250741	138781077	125456817
Slovak Republic	11204250	2734907865	49444973	44382583	13613582	2026743463	36391375	32906642
Bulgaria	366888011	13733996713	246501896	222986134	550444921	17347390516	311688104	281632576
Belgium	24684082	10528188801	189266766	170936617	18263371	5292376519	95241476	85919693
Austria	13914095	2404090776	43176930	39030247	45338185	7307223328	131382623	118628513
Sweden	5101598	751093551	13517197	12193376	8391908	1627646211	29259898	26423149
Luxembourg	1176835	68551000	1220694	1113606	467355	140737853	2529810	2284658
Netherlands	16081195	3432506204	61633651	55732647	14139078	4605900462	82780254	74767511
Latvia	2605508	184373355	3307706	2993765	586091	41805492	748074	678774
Lithuania	3012807	140837855	2532973	2286311	2503915	133659639	2401382	2170156
Poland	34467328	1803094406	32434463	29272955	46540386	6621595816	119001146	107502205
Miscellaneous - countries not specified extra Total	1330368	148736770	2679061	2413385	305828695	1459623939	26198706	23709414
Monaco	1	2263	40	37	250	1128737	20275	18325
Greenland	-	-	-	-	300	70180	1229	1140
Cuba	-	-	-	-	3348	7421228	133247	120503
Andorra	5200	220828	3949	3591	20	17288	297	281
Oman	1004620	20705748	373176	336054	1597551	79124830	1420781	1286161
Cayman Islands	-	-	-	-	384	12319522	222221	199711
Faeroe Islands	-	-	-	-	35000	3058381	53684	49739
Falkland Islands	-	-	-	-	22005	7295308	130851	118250
El Salvador	-	-	-	-	1455	1796649	32427	29137
Nicaragua	-	-	-	-	82	347795	6205	5653
Georgia	109998	80737797	1451082	1309154	17112	1464751	26393	23768
Bermuda	1180	664716	12075	10793	32	87729	1589	1422
San Marino	-	-	-	-	1383	1162299	21304	18850
Dominican Republik	-	-	-	-	10777	48044186	862328	780090
Saint Helena	-	-	-	-	0	247	5	4
Colombia	54180	16971796	310042	275991	21134259	336907799	5995900	5475072
Costa Rica	1159	447806	8242	7258	472264	29811737	532929	484064
New Caledonia	-	-	-	-	3	6567	120	107
Macao	-	-	-	-	148	236682	4260	3841
Palestinian area	98624	9928596	177086	161230	-	-	-	-
Puerto Rico	228	276321	5003	4487	337	11162329	200360	181177
Yemen, Rep.	40410	4133776	73980	67222	1658	530860	9770	8633
Antartica	-	-	-	-	3	11059	199	180
Montserrat	-	-	-	-	4	19652	353	319
Isle of Man	790	36279	635	590	-	-	-	-
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	86	173347	3145	2814
French Polynesia	0	3035	55	49	300	80808	1433	1314
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	15891	7481841	132976	121450
Panama	1192	11824377	213945	191669	9633	402528	7353	6526
Reunion	-	-	-	-	533	485975	8705	7896
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	11	68020	1209	1105	44426	7788809	140246	126388
Honduras	23	10362	185	168	7881	1784788	32104	28966
Bahrain	4686	1673021	29897	27209	6	18271	327	297
Guam	15	29386	535	477	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	-	-	-	-	282432254	898068126	16172512	14585975
Holy See	14	24986	458	405	229	167682	3059	2726
Mongolia	3691	572282	10165	9304	5202	301583	5489	4904
Guadeloupe	4347	405373	7303	6592	13880	844367	14628	13733
Union for the Mediterranean Total	86106607	4304330763	77299263	69867316	247734230	23030476895	413637292	373914194
Tunisia	136540	16256068	299021	263504	780278	419331707	7535112	6807340
Mauritania	17728	2260735	41252	36764	28	80597	1407	1309
Turkey	82258340	3937504022	70721457	63911993	181257671	19451044018	349265278	315796242
Syrian Arab Republic	38304	3071646	54334	49800	10220	2202245	39222	35788
Israel	2074443	263590015	4717872	4279913	31075447	1335813323	24008144	21681579
Morocco	52095	4619337	83508	75090	12103885	1205785819	21642092	19576153
Lebanon	273370	12853185	230692	208639	1530741	375129331	6836238	6100019
Egypt	939982	40420152	722997	656278	20957571	239438793	4280017	3888935
Jordan	315806	23755601	428128	385335	18388	1651061	29782	26829
South American Common Market Total	781510	261392201	4690692	4248088	57838494	4041098901	72549342	65609111
Argentina	339476	103254343	1855444	1677932	19414805	796373277	14227092	12933131
Uruguay	22625	6604237	117213	107043	516997	846744772	15256151	13746022
Paraguay	14	42060	769	684	6297	1133747	20625	18401
Brazil	419395	151491562	2717267	2462430	37900395	2396847105	43045474	38911558
North American Free Trade Agreement Total	21247061	3256541791	58287618	52898319	85573625	9638593972	173251199	156494574
Mexico	610043	184799325	3324281	2999323	1190126	981872382	17650140	15939847
United States of America	18962382	2838384466	50762903	46107851	82924228	8340554085	149925176	135422429
Canada	1674636	233358000	4200434	3791145	1459271	316167505	5675882	5132297
Newly-industrialised Asian countries Total	15472547	1831832255	32833399	29743260	11084060	2700185826	48490087	43835855
Hong Kong	2307978	220199478	3962629	3575696	356069	136781268	2450970	2220903
Taiwan	11928300	1570997574	28141650	25507564	6767570	1220283184	21932496	19810335
Korea, Republic of	1236270	40635203	729120	660000	3960422	1343121374	24106621	21804617
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, excluding EU Total	5	16281	298	265	6933	4818113	86185	78293
United States Virgin Islands	5	16281	298	265	6933	4818113	86185	78293
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries Total	7204002	417617447	7464055	6782754	39300599	1957328202	35215591	31771165
Iraq	2403048	108700159	1925148	1766180	51646	21133313	384233	343103
United Arab Emirates	2328609	140726875	2534359	2284928	1233646	92171087	1662599	1496034
Iran	181125	22342715	400753	362944	4541047	265685772	4776051	4312888
Venezuela	1729	258107	4633	4197	1225	495169	9085	8026
Kuwait	16433	1780211	32367	28885	1460	128956	2358	2090
Algeria	240681	26198333	466573	425753	6356720	170929071	3061435	2771535
Ecuador	-	-	-	-	17298187	753172671	13602251	12221484
Nigeria	44700	7485096	133676	121617	50112	5107534	90396	82989
Saudi Arabia	623853	81770166	1461890	1327463	6983174	494320169	8863634	8028082
Qatar	25026	4578873	81966	74437	1796552	129741343	2330252	2107419
Libya	1338800	23776912	422689	386348	986830	24443117	433297	397514
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Total	8767478	1119430071	20058904	18173573	18737013	3286074223	58985349	53345531
Sri Lanka	1430	3325399	59188	53900	539517	92104777	1656180	1495270
Afghanistan	48832	5013148	90433	81361	25	18537	320	301
India	8018092	1071785034	19204864	17400837	17090884	2525806404	45333985	41000710
Bangladesh	423833	5136860	91296	83483	504804	487745826	8752987	7920288
Pakistan	270620	33610056	602947	544922	601706	180195081	3238197	2925653
Maldives	4671	559573	10176	9070	77	203597	3680	3308
Western Balkan Countries Total	1213979595	33169220460	596098752	538564606	1859222143	36893367199	662405403	599006590
Bosnia and Herzegovina	117534672	4564553028	82021505	74116149	133985417	4100717416	73716351	66578286
Albania	147571757	3492682385	62756435	56712766	482653135	2312128725	41518172	37546161
Serbia	314706408	11963453401	214809311	194253211	883648724	28316961714	508260551	459753151
Monte Negro	25973214	1533730722	27614796	24903746	24552082	320026052	5761696	5197365
Kosovo	608193544	11614800924	208896705	188578734	334382785	1843533292	33148633	29931626

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 4. External trade and number of enterprises by sectors of activity and by employment size class

External trade and number of enterprises by sectors of activity and by employment size class, by years
		Value in thousand EUR
		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014		2015
		export	import	export	import	export	import	export	import	export	import	export	import	export	import
Total	TOTAL	1935838	3618927	2531772	4034998	3211230	4984142	3120026	5012476	3224180	4920233	3743847	5447461	4084703	5747797
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	21846	34234	29248	24891	27385	29061	26617	21283	27366	30951	27020	36804	32458	33889
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	97629	13715	140782	19787	135934	20253	143048	16944	157273	20884	148294	17934	..	15033
	C10 Manufacture of food products	98182	121205	118819	152802	129772	..	132801	179815	128849	152874	140547	137521	166346	153521
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	46978	..	..	49064	45505	42816	59316	44091	58465	51908	53503	41714	44776	52459
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	77509	..	70350	..	..	42994	..	48188	82329	..	66438	21916	62247	23280
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	30821	24383	36198	30071	36448	27504	..	35382	59484	56886	81861	79829	129585	105804
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	311621	219509	304585	226723	332657	247509	328090	241400	..	235562	353092	250095	347212	244818
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	41485	30797	38908	29205	45807	34037	37817	28697	41178	31824	41980	30825	41982	28020
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	6573	9152	6697	8812	7245	10235	6111	7758	5339	7501	5287	7912	6022	8693
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	7014	21187	8745	21767	9465	26263	7342	21282	6136	21237	6499	22407	8004	23615
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	5307	12728	6477	14831	7083	16838	8184	16825	8203	18776	8822	20371	8936	21655
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	732	..	..	168	1140
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	13077	12302	11995	10646	10006	13911	9258	8627	10471	11990	11667	14538	14352	19948
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	40420	44718	..	..	47956	63066	57482	68874	66909	78396	65880	76663	64961	80457
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	61792	36783	51544	40850	61165	52653	50123	46369	46002	47335	47152	53354	50227	55539
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	382012	286320	566351	411855	688515	480420	627669	434914	609340	363402	549473	405650	521081	..
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	49403	40946	32604	32285	41298	37869	43719	36934	38573	38370	46499	40091	58601	43813
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	1176	12745	754	9910	995	8276	1099	12758	..	15291	..	27586	..	39998
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	40938	33623	38021	35607	57573	54131	107519	..	48953	53304	57429	50476	151428	125781
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	7086	11014	7328	9844	8119	9896	..	..	8925	11687	10127	13294	..	..
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	28333	50076	..	..	..	..	9473	14243	..	..	1308536	1120909	332836	286910
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	..	2539	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	12962	11552	15133	11672	16022	11850	..	12629	20544	15032	22502	16595	23442	17747
	C32 Other manufacturing	1038	4965	1228	3043	1969	3839	3527	5169	4457	5323	4927	5320	3751	5074
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	544	2776	637	2668	327	2171	142	2161	51	2617	160	3188	665	3163
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	4880	169407	26623	119124	..	205558	..	255472	5162	219172	8699	221496	10876	..
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	13278	3880	29324	3137	38247	1969	23352	1713	19948	3448	18206	1512	17980	1522
	F CONSTRUCTION	4614	65216	4534	60318	5754	91919	5384	84219	8343	93939	7830	115036	5659	113926
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	2428	186824	2552	155412	2814	148866	..	134488	1793	..	2803	145753	1847	172602
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	273407	988369	375217	1042928	409189	1236908	..	1324032	496086	..	481894	1721800	438081	1770665
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	24954	392552	27922	433084	34010	491952	29304	505629	25961	485112	31254	488503	29532	475994
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	10171	53076	11054	64797	11998	56055	9472	49249	7612	49518	10273	57823	8445	69841
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	2222	72757	3115	71666	4123	61944	3378	..	4728	72149	4246	66140	2799	65255
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	..	8943	166	..	1506	4464	..	2798	..	2441	..	1162	..	3066
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	..	2144	..	3718	..	3110	..	5273	..	..	..	5847	..	704
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	2390	21713	2187	18425	3328	16809	3426	22807	3102	17980	3227	21859	2112	18149
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	..	14587	..	11391	4257	9658	..	..	4706	..	5669	15315	5756	16972
	OTHER	10196	100105	..	..	..	118059	3108	68982	1318	40815	4395	47502	1301	38587
micro (1-9)	TOTAL	272317	769903	373748	846957	399264	987900	368526	1000370	331602	928713	384157	1041806	329558	939671
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	5671	4060	7819	4014	6048	4259	5408	..	7458	..	9641	10989	8114	5140
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	3199	1045	..	944	..	1225	..	1514	1090	626	..	..	1081	933
	C10 Manufacture of food products	..	7780	9246	8981	7335	8178	..	12096	8894	7858	..	..	..	6928
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	911	1605	1940	1152	..	2247	..	1030	..	..	..	..	..	6117
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	-	..	..	..	..
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	..	2690	..	736	1090	1162	1956	1298	..	..	674	645	2842	2677
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	45760	33156	47545	36126	53433	38763	50045	37499	55002	41788	..	..	61536	45750
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	5580	4655	..	6201	..	1001	..	904	..	..	..	..	..	4708
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	1683	2888	..	..	897	2596	..	2334	..	2658	..	..	..	2180
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	842	7725	..	5397	..	6390	434	..	344	4752	..	5435	..	5309
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	..	1193	..	1531	..	..	406	890	113	950	222	974	102	942
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	-	62	-	-	-	-	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	1258	2099	..	1235	799	1059	..	2159	4108	2493	5212	5399	..	2555
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	-	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..	-	..	-	..
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	..	4088	..	6332	..	6461	..	4525	..	..	..	..	..	5058
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	1000	2690	..	3548	755	2985	777	2932	..	..	..	..	1130	4522
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	..	1445	..	..	233	..	..	..	..	122	..	412	..	249
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	9256	9796	2390	6141	6130	8830	7486	9222	8785	9815	10396	11439	13852	10103
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	215	..	192	..	..	2075	..	..	..	..	110	..	..	1920
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	..	2109	9346	11914	..	3782	496	4772	..	4203	568	4149	..	4062
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	..	1617	..	2480	..	1872	212	1545	..	1586	194	..	692	..
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	..	..	..	..	..	300	..	..	..	..	..	275	..	126
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	..	-	..
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	855	2696	..	1938	375	..	..	1196	..	..	..	1383	..	1347
	C32 Other manufacturing	672	2781	..	1738	1465	2303	..	1450	..	2092	..	1647	..	2437
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	..	1529	..	1906	..	1773	..	1227	38	1406	..	2267	..	1918
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	3523	46215	25169	76472	..	..	..	181801	2476	..	..	156756	5675	77079
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	1611	..	..	605	..	559	..	504	..	760	..	393	..	368
	F CONSTRUCTION	457	17549	1540	16933	1530	21445	..	22857	1485	..	..	26426	2395	25506
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1163	40486	..	37081	..	33092	1163	35081	739	..	693	39237	463	44580
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	147536	368637	211511	407289	..	465178	217988	476131	208045	..	229724	521328	183233	504821
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	6522	140467	..	136772	9193	149507	8770	136366	5901	119127	..	128515	6253	130519
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	4843	25244	6413	25258	6754	24014	5496	16202	4694	18247	6336	17763	3801	16718
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	373	3786	660	3807	..	7902	1055	12545	1368	6379	998	7460	849	4321
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	-	..	..	..	-	..	9	..	-	..	-	183	-	34
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	..	303	..	..	..	..	..	550	..	533	..	660	..	152
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	1804	8487	834	6016	2001	6891	990	8101	..	5742	1196	8518	1044	7229
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	..	11463	..	6381	3920	6438	..	5652	4157	6305	..	8786	..	7229
	OTHER	..	5393	638	9223	199	3217	..	3035	524	2633	2951	5718	194	4101
small (10-49)	TOTAL	297832	898730	356052	850603	396057	983119	379364	1077119	387660	1077005	393263	1154218	403045	1224875
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	3389	7571	2422	3103	4783	6968	6501	5240	10201	10811	8493	..	..	..
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	..	2924	4199	4271	2791	1908	2817	3355	3693	2716	3655	2627	3054	2002
	C10 Manufacture of food products	25244	26542	27794	20900	35791	24915	32356	33976	28032	23637	32404	25144	42971	33952
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	..	11396	10110	1811	9393	2677	14079	..	16562	6367	13836	..	13238	..
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	..	..	-	..	.
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	4422	4203	14291	..	14983	10297	13261	8797	18569	13828	17778	15641	13969	..
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	79191	55313	72066	55648	83762	59902	73943	54175	71864	54244	76572	57659	..	47148
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	..	..	6630	..	6539	3215	6449	..	9450	7363	9436	..	11564	..
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	2175	5008	3820	5702	2790	5850	2371	4874	2317	4284	1830	4137	2415	5446
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	..	6597	3605	..	2131	9431	520	6976	..	8060	815	7846	2723	9971
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	1578	3380	2368	4597	2859	6621	3410	6767	..	7610	3289	7840	2212	..
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	2632	3509	5049	6324	4658	9681	..	4213	..	..	3191	5145	8388	11429
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	4975	9199	12034	23878	7656	15588	12896	..	14853	23693	15932	25947	8892	..
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	..	6622	6278	..	6408	10636	..	..	6707	11883	..	12576	..	..
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	..	765	1421	499	1877	..	..	290	..	168	..	222	..	..
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	..	14841	8791	..	8565	13364	9108	..	8807	10991	9018	10341	13706	13522
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	960	9245	562	7891	769	6098	643	4355	..	5031	376	7166	..	..
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	..	..	3821	..	4721	3757	2150	..	2139	..	2254	..	3487	..
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	5135	8267	4728	6385	6473	6783	..	..	6626	8313	7647	9157	9383	..
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	..	..	..	463	..	930	..	851	1864	860	..	1166	735	..
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	6369	5914	8501	6751	9221	..	..	8154	..	9883	11453	9511	10916	10004
	C32 Other manufacturing	188	1565	..	..	..	907	3155	..	..	2580	3841	..	2605	..
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	..	..	308	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1200
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	..	910	26046	902	27008	633	17871	479	16595	1410	14580	..	5978	263
	F CONSTRUCTION	1618	18716	1367	20056	2330	36214	..	26806	1153	23347	854	25055	1242	31045
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	1106	74053	1438	66605	1629	70545	..	54497	922	58150	2022	64268	1048	79857
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	85921	387895	104928	400253	122374	497058	130362	568648	130972	583951	131973	616815	153036	634322
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	3361	85065	4260	98708	7612	122917	..	140534	4349	146755	4566	156744	5478	135139
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	..	18015	2877	18323	3683	16245	3281	16723	2296	15579	3502	22472	3608	23960
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	760	15487	852	18429	2240	13123	1097	..	1156	..	1133	16297	1234	21078
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	-	..	-	..	..	..	..	58	..	..	..	..	..	133
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	..	..	-	..	-	398	..	..	-	..	-	..	-	552
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	479	6972	1001	7198	1031	4162	2294	9551	2196	9461	1732	10762	..	9290
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	..	1280	..	3175	154	..	..	..	..	..	..	4525	..	..
	OTHER	..	19056	..	9194	..	8702	365	3409	182	3018	563	3829	..	3964
medium (50-249)	TOTAL	461536	764809	682495	1072346	958632	1411880	448361	853654	494658	942036	598467	1024433	604651	1038848
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	8988	20031	16911	16042	14151	..	12044	9758	7079	10639	..	10422	17325	18062
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	..	..	..	..	..	1908	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C10 Manufacture of food products	29519	59011	43201	86230	..	..	53733	93108	54154	85602	61401	73942	77343	81544
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	9183	15284	11399	..	17996	..	28788	14483	35845	..	33223	16368	26729	13120
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	-	..	-	-	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	10687	7958	..	5541	..	..	..	..	12253	8588	..	..	..	16737
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	113388	84086	124657	92160	120501	93949	124057	93427	124727	89647	147414	96461	142953	92721
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	26184	18621	24494	16983	28624	..	21713	16041	25022	17618	24081	..	23020	14977
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	2595	1001	..	..	3467	1740	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	2540	..	2162	3473	6165	10140	6320	9129	4353	..	4950	8733	4754	8041
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	3558	8031	3780	8670	4102	9089	4368	9129	..	10210	5312	11558	6621	15376
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	9088	6632	5876	3013	4223	3048	3006	2224	3715	4604	3265	..	..	..
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	33493	31244	..	..	27915	..	33131	34851	41669	44073	38369	38601	44604	51307
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	..	..	..	13952	..	..	21308	15086	..	15862	22284	18438	27367	24823
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	78456	63682	..	..	35049	59492	30673	..	..	..	24778	..	..	..
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	15872	12727	7537	..	6869	..	..	2437	..	..	..	8293	8611	..
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	23567	15830	..	19106	51793	45865	..	23864	46532	45786	54607	42307	..	..
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	1695	894	..	843	..	694	765	425	1975	1511	2286	..	1131	..
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	..	..	..	..	..	..	7484	11956	..	..	..	..	8111	10803
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	-	..	-	..	..	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	5656	2907	5913	2871	6290	2861	4673	1662	5938	2305	7013	..	3414	..
	C32 Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	..	..	-	..	-	..
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	..	2318	..	1395	..	617	..	696	..	961	..	..	..	813
	F CONSTRUCTION	1838	11978	1552	8073	1411	19348	1412	20469	..	31851	1140	..	555	36946
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	..	67138	..	49392	..	43043	..	43312	92	37766	88	42009	..	47560
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	29719	188720	29692	199173	..	..	..	..	..	285909	28433	..	29975	..
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	1289	66603	..	105842	..	..	2698	..	..	53067	1282	..	876	66549
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	72	5991	..	18990	..	11629	..	14363	..	14909	343	14891	485	..
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	..	16960	997	14797	..	12416	..	..	..	12213	..	16435	175	4397
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	..	..	-	112	..	..	..	..	-	..	-	..	-	54
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	..	3126	124	4196	219	4654	43	..	..	..	..	..	..	750
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	..	1523	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	141	-	..	..	..
	OTHER	17	3860	..	8760	..	19670	..	17549	181	14985	..	20181	425	7543
large (250 +)	TOTAL	849668	1103331	1093720	1211330	1386015	1555137	1852664	2035531	1915855	1904567	2355294	2215068	2719353	2481175
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	..	1721	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	89586	9443	133306	13885	130186	14947	138868	11249	152447	17076	143510	12773	..	10319
	C10 Manufacture of food products	32085	27414	38431	36214	..	..	37267	40508	37633	35519	35745	31152	36615	30898
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	..	..	..	..	..	..	63174	..	79091	..	..	..	..	..
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	13239	9450	..	..	..	..	..	..	28212	33653	..	..	..	..
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	63835	43051	56134	40783	74397	53483	79830	56067	..	..	67493	48350	80487	58330
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	301829	220405	460116	302199	651356	416088	596025	..	576531	..	524024	..	495859	..
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	..	..	13686	..	19397	..	..	..	..	..	18790	9979	..	..
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..	-	-	-	-	..	..
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	-	-	-	-	..	..
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..	..	..	322952	268193
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..	-	-	..	..	..	..
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C32 Other manufacturing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	-	..	-	-
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	..	-	-	-	-	-	..
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	..	..	..	..	..	36726	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	..	-	-
	F CONSTRUCTION	..	13921	..	11531	..	9902	..	9612	..	..	..	..	1435	19312
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	81604	..	62375	..
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	8883	92735	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	141147
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	..	2450	..	1665	..	2962	535	1236	..	502	..	2653	..	..
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	..	36217	..	33329	601	28054	..	28517	..	33040	..	25871	162	15322
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	..	3004	..	1358	..	1286	..	845	..	1748	..	877	..	2845
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	-	..	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	314	..	..	..	572
	OTHER	173	69744	45	..	434	85378	..	43820	307	18013	..	14608	..	13628
Unknown	TOTAL	54485	82154	25757	53763	71262	46105	71111	45802	94405	67912	12666	11935	28096	63227
	'A AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING'	..	853	..	..	..	445	..	694	..	79	..	..	49	68
	B MINING AND QUARRYING	..	..	..	..	12	266	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C10 Manufacture of food products	..	458	147	476	248	162	..	127	135	259	..	..	..	198
	C11 Manufacture of beverages	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	..	..	..
	C12 Manufacture of tobacco products	..	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..
	C13 Manufacture of textiles	..	82	..	..	..	..	..	86	..	..	-	-	..	..
	C14 Manufacture of wearing apparel	9446	3904	4181	2006	564	1413	216	233	..	..	..	..	..	869
	C15 Manufacture of leather and related products	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	..	-
	'C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials'	120	254	99	30	91	48	163	..	115	..	-	..	114	..
	C17 Manufacture of paper and paper products	8	142	..	103	..	302	69	..	..	..	..	392	..	293
	C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	..	124	..	33	..	..	-	39	-	6	-	-	-	..
	C19 Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products	..	-	-	..	-	..	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	-
	C20 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products	99	61	..	73	326	123	105	31	..	..	-	..	-	..
	C21 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	C22 Manufacture of rubber and plastic products	..	186	-	13	-	276	..	299	164	137	..	-	20	28
	C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products	..	..	..	116	507	988	429	228	..	647	..	..	44	..
	C24 Manufacture of basic metals	-	24	..	..	-	..	-	..	..	..	-	..	..	..
	'C25 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment'	358	..	200	178	336	271	279	305	171	478	..	39	..	21
	'C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products'	-	..	-	..	..	103	..	59	-	..	-	..	..	..
	C27 Manufacture of electrical equipment	..	91	-	..	..	726	-	75	..	..	-	..	..	..
	C28 Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.	..	237	..	137	..	546	14	140	..	277	-	..	..	67
	'C29 Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers'	12	..	..	..	-	..	..	..	..	..	-	-	..	..
	C30 Manufacture of other transport equipment	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	..	..	-	-	-	-
	C31 Manufacture of furniture	82	36	..	113	136	..	100	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	C32 Other manufacturing	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	409	-	..	..	..	-	..
	C33 Repair and installation of machinery and equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	37	..	..	..	..	..	..
	'D ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY'	..	14384	..	..	..	..	..	14556	2509	6552	..	..	..	12309
	'E WATER SUPPLY, SEWERAGE, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND REMEDIATION ACTIVITIES'	216	..	..	..	..	..	182	..	191	..	-	-	..	78
	F CONSTRUCTION	..	3052	..	3725	..	5010	125	4475	319	1857	..	1406	32	1116
	G45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	..	5147	..	2333	..	2186	..	1597	40	..	-	239	..	604
	'G46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	..	..	..	..	..	19860	..	14157	..	26493	10161	3508	9463	10526
	'G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles'	4898	7682	..	..	2595	3346	..	2242	..	..	..	615	..	2640
	H TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE	87	1376	..	562	66	1204	..	725	66	281	..	43	..	485
	J INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION	20	307	..	1304	..	449	..	135	41	..	..	76	379	20138
	K FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES	..	..	..	..	..	..	-	..	-	..	-	-	-	-
	L REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES	..	..	-	..	15	..	..	..	-	5	-	-	-	-
	'M PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES'	..	3127	229	1017	77	1101	..	2034	47	633	..	..	..	..
	N ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPPORT SERVICE ACTIVITIES	25	..	0	79	..	232	15	..	..	..	-	1452	..	..
	OTHER	..	2052	74	2516	507	1092	..	1170	125	2165	..	3166	419	9350

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

INVESTMENT

In the absence of adequate domestic savings, foreign investment provides an important avenue for the development of Macedonia’s economy. Foreign direct investment represents about 3% of GDP. In 2016, net FDI flows to Macedonia slightly increased compared to 2015, amounting to EUR 196 million.

Austria and Hungary are the country’s main investors. Investments target mainly heavy industry (mining, metallurgy, oil refining), light industry (textiles, food), the construction sector (cement, brick, marble) and, more recently, the service sectors (banking, insurance, telephone).

Table 1. Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment	2014	2015	2016
FDI Inward Flow (million USD)	272	240	397
FDI Stock (million USD)	4.885	4.79	5.016
Number of Greenfield Investments	32	20	20
FDI Stock (in % of GDP)	42.9	47.6	46.0

Source: UNCTAD

Foreign Direct Investment in Macedonia increased by 19.15 EUR Million in February of 2017. Foreign Direct Investment in Macedonia averaged 31.37 EUR Million from 2003 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 344.80 EUR Million in November of 2006 and a record low of -61.71 EUR Million in July of 2010.

ENERGY

Coal and lignite account for around 80 percent of total electricity production, which was 514 241 GWh in 2012. The remainder comes from hydropower, with a small amount of solar. Domestic production accounts for 70.1 percent of Macedonia’s electricity consumption (2012), while imports account for 29.9 percent.

The main domestic generation facilities in Macedonia are the lignite-fired thermal power plants in Bitola and Oslomej (together 800 MW), with the three generation blocks at Bitola alone representing 675 MW. Both these generation facilities are owned and operated by the state-owned ELEM (ELEktrani na Makedonija).

Hydroelectric generation represents a total installed capacity amounting to 528 MW, out of which over 500 MW is run by ELEM. The state company is currently also developing a 50 MW wind farm project. Until September 2014, 16 turbines totalling a 36,8 MW capacity have been installed.

Macedonia is a significant lignite producer: 6.8 million tonnes in 2010 from the state-owned Suvodol and Oslomej surface mines, and from a number of smaller privately owned surface mines. The country also imports hard coal (158 000 tonnes in 2010) and lignite (54 000 tonnes).

Most coal and lignite is used for power generation – around 95 percent by energy content. The rest is used almost entirely by the steel industry, including MAKSTIL AD at its integrated steel works and ArcelorMittal’s steel mill in Skopje.

Like other countries in the region, has big plans for both hydropower and new lignite capacity. The most significant hydropower projects are the highly controversial Boskov Most and Lukovo Pole plants. The former has received conditional approval for financing by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

As well as renovating the Bitola power plant, ELEM plans to open a new mine at Mariovo and to construct a 300 MW thermal power plant there.

Macedonia has plenty of room for energy efficiency improvements. Electricity losses in 2012 were 14.5 percent of the gross national electricity consumption, and practices such as heating on electricity have contributed to increasing energy costs for many households.

Table 1. Generation of electricity and production of primary industrial raw materials

Generation of electricity and production of primary industrial raw materials
	Electricity in MWh	Lignite	Ferro-alloys	Aluminium	Plastics	Gypsum	Cement in '000 tonnes	Sawn lumber in m 3	Corrugated paper and paperboard in tonnes
					in tonnes
2011	6758922.6362	8208803	124578	423	319	122234	930	8636	14169
2012	6261654.86732	7310906	75 828	426	89	118 379	645	13023	11836
2013	6094072.254	6686388	92280	101	0	162661	730	6594	12047
2014	5373691.652875	6481925	91067	0	0	156492	686	7813	11816
2015	5646143.22	5935741	63747	0	0	172525	696	7466	14998
2016	5627652	5138637	35034	0	0	202582	855	7854	15824

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 2. Energy balances, 2015 (hydro, solar, wind, biogas, biodiesel electricity)

Energy balances, 2015
Supply and consumption
			Hydro- electricity	Solar electricity	Wind electricity	Biogas electricity	Biodiesel	Derived heat	Electrical energy
			GWh				tonnes	TJ	GWh
	Total primary production		1865.192375	22.599146	120.7682	20.218658	2.162	-	-
	Recovered products		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Imports		-	-	-	-	-	-	2655.778
	Stock change		-	-	-	-	1.099	-	-
	Exports		-	-	-	-	2.902	-	142.864
Gross inland consumption			1865.192375	22.599146	120.7682	20.218658	0.359	-	2512.914
Transformation input			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Public thermal power stations		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Autoprod. thermal power stations and CHP plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Briquetting plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Main activity producer heat plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transformation output			-	-	-	-	-	2192.820718	3617.364841
	Public thermal power stations		-	-	-	-	-	-	3434.046771
	Autoprod. thermal power stations and CHP plants		-	-	-	-	-	448.67911	183.31807
	Briquetting plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Main activity producer heat plants		-	-	-	-	-	1744.141608	-
Exchanges and transfers, returns			-1865.192375	-22.599146	-120.7682	-20.218658	-0.359	-	2028.778379
Consumption of the energy branch			-	-	-	-	-	4.615282	496.199974401
Distribution losses			-	-	-	-	-	259.534286	1035.325904
Available for final consumption			-	-	-	-	-	1928.67115	6627.531341599
Final non-energy consumption			-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Final energy consumption			-	-	-	-	-	1928.67115	6627.531341599
	Industry		-	-	-	-	-	112.27627	1977.985545
		Iron & steel industry	-	-	-	-	-	112.27627	1238.064182
		Non-ferrous metal industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.214078
		Chemical industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	65.226978
		Glass, pottery & building mat. industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	108.231621
		Ore-extraction industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	178.602319
		Food, drink & tobacco industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	146.661799
		Textile, leather & clothing industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	50.688055
		Paper and printing	-	-	-	-	-	-	8.704345
		Engineering & other metal industry	-	-	-	-	-	-	103.494924
		Other industries	-	-	-	-	-	-	66.097244
	Transport		-	-	-	-	-	-	16.936
		Railways	-	-	-	-	-	-	16.936
		Road transport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Air transport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Households, commerce, pub. auth., etc.		-	-	-	-	-	1816.39488	4632.609796599
		Households	-	-	-	-	-	1338.62572	3142.061029
		Agriculture	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.773170422376
		Other	-	-	-	-	-	477.76916	1454.7755971766
Statistical difference			-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. Energy balances, 2015 (hard coal, coke, lignite…)

Energy balances, 2015
Supply and consumption
			Hard coal	Coke	Sub-bitu-minous coal	Lignite	Crude oil	Total petroleum products	LPG	Motor spirit	Kerosenes, jet fuels
			'000 tonnes					'000 tonnes
	Total primary production		-	-	-	5935.7413451938	-	-	-	-	-
	Recovered products		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Imports		15.1329	0.34385	125.268648	47.74679	-	1153.181030688	71.767409	105.556598	27.912059
	Stock change		-2.648515	0.23744	21.31588	-85.940947987305	-	1.622686	-0.255274	-0.100775	-0.297
	Exports		-	-	2.9103	0.01839	-	160.210059731	1.442429	2.246082	14.170721
Gross inland consumption			12.484385	0.58129	143.674228	5897.5287972065	0	994.593656957	70.069706	103.209741	13.444338
Transformation input			-	-	-	5832.5353451938	-	39.196	-	-	-
	Public thermal power stations		-	-	-	5832.5353451938	-	39.196	-	-	-
	Autoprod. thermal power stations and CHP plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Briquetting plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Main activity producer heat plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Transformation output			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Public thermal power stations		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Autoprod. thermal power stations and CHP plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Briquetting plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Main activity producer heat plants		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Exchanges and transfers, returns			-	-	-	-	-	0.359	-	-	-
Consumption of the energy branch			-	-	-	-	-	3.030121	-	-	-
Distribution losses			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Available for final consumption			12.484385	0.58129	143.674228	64.993452012695	-	952.726535957	70.069706	103.209741	13.444338
Final non-energy consumption			-	-	-	-	-	66.426113	-	-	-
Final energy consumption			12.484385	0.58129	143.674228	64.993452012695	-	886.300422957	70.069706	103.209741	13.444338
	Industry		12.484385	0.58129	143.674228	54.69857	-	198.5769283	9.237781	-	-
		Iron & steel industry	5.663285	0.239	142.417328	47.80021	-	71.236412	0.373536	-	-
		Non-ferrous metal industry	-	-	-	-	-	0.924057	0.890667	-	-
		Chemical industry	-	-	-	-	-	2.152032	0.00225	-	-
		Glass, pottery & building mat. industry	6.8211	-	1.2569	0.02598	-	72.454536	5.1778	-	-
		Ore-extraction industry	-	-	-	-	-	12.8498363	0.001	-	-
		Food, drink & tobacco industry	-	-	-	-	-	16.975452	1.94642	-	-
		Textile, leather & clothing industry	-	-	-	6.81808	-	5.801734	0.052443	-	-
		Paper and printing	-	-	-	0.0273	-	0.65416	0.07012	-	-
		Engineering & other metal industry	-	0.34229	-	0.0015	-	1.904561	0.7141	-	-
		Other industries	-	-	-	0.0255	-	13.624148	0.009445	-	-
	Transport		-	-	-	-	-	606.20259438215	47.597514078645	102.837741	13.444338
		Railways	-	-	-	-	-	1.877	-	-	-
		Road transport	-	-	-	-	-	590.81945738215	47.597514078645	102.775942	-
		Air transport	-	-	-	-	-	13.506137	-	0.061799	13.444338
	Households, commerce, pub. auth., etc.		-	-	-	10.294882012695	-	81.520900274851	13.234410921355	0.372	-
		Households	-	-	-	4.0377547785	-	10.890499480127	6.244410921355	-	-
		Agriculture	-	-	-	4.291	-	12	0.021	0.372	-
		Other	-	-	-	1.9661272341954	-	58.630400794724	6.969	-	-
Statistical difference			-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 4. Balance of derived heat by months, 2012

Balance of derived heat by months, 2012
	in TJ
Supply and consumption			by months
		Total	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
Transformation output		2463.3906069855	584.30330491021	602.84995861351	307.68558120756	109.64035712337	9.3632471438076	10.032254037639	8.5850785058455	6.1996088603745	23.63483	65.797817035808	250.1244019004	485.17416764696
	Autoprod. thermal power stations and CHP plants	874.50415398549	198.62583591021	292.71157761351	199.35607820756	27.656557123373	9.3632471438076	10.032254037639	8.5850785058455	6.1996088603745	23.63483	20.325517035808	30.470601900402	47.542967646961
	Main activity producer heat plants	1588.886453	385.677469	310.138381	108.329503	81.9838	-	-	-	-	-	45.4723	219.6538	437.6312
Consumption of the energy branch		9.721332	1.4321	1.4663	0.836836	0.366126	-	-	-	-	-	0.07335	2.66992	2.8767
Losses		283.58981	61.543595593575	75.998220024712	48.91876891075	10.807208210246	0.96024714380762	0.25425403763901	0.25507850584545	0.28260886037449	0.02283	17.724130846878	31.454169769033	35.368698097139
Available for final consumption		2170.0794649855	521.32760931664	525.38543858879	257.92997629681	98.467022913127	8.403	9.778	8.33	5.917	23.612	48.00033618893	216.00031213137	446.92876954982
Final energy consumption		2170.0794649855	521.32760931664	525.38543858879	257.92997629681	98.467022913127	8.403	9.778	8.33	5.917	23.612	48.00033618893	216.00031213137	446.92876954982
	Industry	124.006	3.724	4.688	21.892	11.99	8.403	9.778	8.33	5.917	23.612	15.124	7.87	2.678
	Iron & steel industry	64.194	3.724	4.688	2.441	3.678	8.403	9.778	8.33	5.917	2.283	4.404	7.87	2.678
	Food, drink & tobacco industry	59.812	-	-	19.451	8.312	-	-	-	-	21.329	10.72	-	-
	Households	1430.92583	361.13707865608	363.52900272548	165.2627960835	60.90137852597	-	-	-	-	-	23.236689482904	146.02406727834	310.83481724772
	Other	615.14763498549	156.46653066055	157.16843586331	70.775180213312	25.575644387157	-	-	-	-	-	9.6396467060263	62.106244853029	133.4159523021
Statistical difference		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Transformation output		2463.3906069855	584.30330491021	602.84995861351	307.68558120756	109.64035712337	9.3632471438076	10.032254037639	8.5850785058455	6.1996088603745	23.63483	65.797817035808	250.1244019004	485.17416764696
from:	Coal	59.812	-	-	19.451	8.312	-	-	-	-	21.329	10.72	-	-
	Petroleum products	601.67289424598	152.4873	148.4396	73.1239	27.6266	-	-	-	-	-	14.2639	67.8529	117.87869424598
	Natural gas	1801.9057127395	431.81600491021	454.41035861351	215.11068120756	73.701757123373	9.3632471438076	10.032254037639	8.5850785058455	6.1996088603745	2.30583	40.813917035808	182.2715019004	367.29547340099

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 5. Balance of coke oven coke by months, 2012

Balance of coke oven coke by months, 2012
	in '000 tonnes
	Supply and consumption		by months
		Total	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
	Imports	13.51622	2.45382	1.31574	3.33482	3.06671	2.4714	0.75371	-	-	0.12002	-	-	-
	Stock change	0.301472	-0.43631194955822	0.81551191971061	-0.40360461528482	-0.50347428191712	-0.28454597294933	-0.18736809221198	0.029134363409908	0.088054555100693	0.29236137613653	0.40144850884609	0.32277953505303	0.16748665366461
	Exports	0.38518	-	0.04094	-	0.02386	0.08494	-	-	-	0.09588	0.09172	0.04784	-
Gross inland consumption		13.432512	2.0175080504418	2.0903119197106	2.9312153847152	2.5393757180829	2.1019140270507	0.56634190778802	0.029134363409908	0.088054555100693	0.31650137613653	0.30972850884609	0.27493953505303	0.16748665366461
Available for final consumption		13.432512	2.0175080504418	2.0903119197106	2.9312153847152	2.5393757180829	2.1019140270507	0.56634190778802	0.029134363409908	0.088054555100693	0.31650137613653	0.30972850884609	0.27493953505303	0.16748665366461
Final energy consumption		13.432512	2.0175080504418	2.0903119197106	2.9312153847152	2.5393757180829	2.1019140270507	0.56634190778802	0.029134363409908	0.088054555100693	0.31650137613653	0.30972850884609	0.27493953505303	0.16748665366461
	Industry	13.432512	2.0175080504418	2.0903119197106	2.9312153847152	2.5393757180829	2.1019140270507	0.56634190778802	0.029134363409908	0.088054555100693	0.31650137613653	0.30972850884609	0.27493953505303	0.16748665366461
Statistical difference		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

TRANSPORT

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to the same period of 2015, the number of passengers carried in road passenger transport decreased by 5.2%, in urban-suburban transport by 8.4% and in rail transport by 54.0%, whereas the number of passengers carried in air transport increased by 9.4%.

In comparison with the third quarter of 2016, the number of passengers carried in urban-suburban transport grew by 28.3%, in road passenger transport it dropped by 1.7%, in rail transport by 1.8%, while in air transport it fell by 28.0%.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, in comparison with the same period of 2015, the quantity of goods carried in freight road transport rose by 9.1%, whereas in rail transport it decreased by 2.1% and in air transport by 7.8%.

Compared to the third quarter of 2016, the quantity of goods carried in freight road transport declined by 36.7% and in air transport by 14.0%, while in rail transport it increased by 5.6%.

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period of 2016, the number of passengers carried in road passenger transport increased by 1.4%, in urban-suburban transport by 6.9% and in air transport by 7.1%, whereas the number of passengers carried in rail transport declined by 38.6%.

In comparison with the fourth quarter of 2016, the number of passengers carried in road passenger transport decreased by 5.8%, in urban-suburban transport by 0.5%, in rail transport by 37.0% and in air transport by 10.5%.

In the first quarter of 2017, in comparison with the same period of 2016, the quantity of goods carried in freight road transport rose by 69.6%, whereas in rail transport it fell by 18.5% and in air transport by 30.2%.

Compared to the fourth quarter of 2016, the quantity of goods carried in freight road transport grew by 24.6%, while in rail transport it dropped by 19.8% and in air transport by 14.3%.

Table 1. International passenger transport by buses, number, quarterly

International passenger transport by buses, number, quarterly
	2016Q1																									2016Q2																									2016Q3																									2016Q4																									2017Q1
	Total	Albania	Austria	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Italy	Montenegro	Romania	Serbia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Turkey	Kosovo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Slovakia	Spain	Belgium	Poland	Sweden	Denmark	Total	Albania	Austria	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Italy	Montenegro	Romania	Serbia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Turkey	Kosovo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Slovakia	Spain	Belgium	Poland	Sweden	Denmark	Total	Albania	Austria	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Italy	Montenegro	Romania	Serbia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Turkey	Kosovo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Slovakia	Spain	Belgium	Poland	Sweden	Denmark	Total	Albania	Austria	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Italy	Montenegro	Romania	Serbia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Turkey	Kosovo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Slovakia	Spain	Belgium	Poland	Sweden	Denmark	Total	Albania	Austria	Bulgaria	Croatia	Czech Republic	Germany	Greece	Hungary	Italy	Montenegro	Romania	Serbia	Slovenia	Switzerland	Turkey	Kosovo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France	Slovakia	Spain	Belgium	Poland	Sweden	Denmark
Carried passengers from Republic of Macedonia - in,	76438	82	4039	14563	1376	323	6251	12850	175	6093	759	114	14858	5580	1691	819	6046	677	107	-	35	-	..	..	..	89275	3643	3059	12752	786	1119	5837	20476	377	4599	2589	105	15904	2815	2152	851	10093	1719	95	-	46	-	258	..	..	123276	8385	5371	17376	2004	1114	10953	35891	530	5283	4955	224	17029	5940	2424	3244	1226	1247	-	-	-	-	30	50	..	89955	4011	4613	15702	1613	742	7287	15573	310	3457	1092	278	16696	3899	3003	568	9875	774	-	-	-	-	50	-	412	95549	2245	3634	7590	2828	312	6281	12764	32	5657	490	250	15900	11220	3481	7106	13065	2600	94	-	-	-	-	-	-
Carried passengers in Republic of Macedonia - from,	74343	50	2909	14413	1376	323	6460	12843	175	5356	804	114	14809	5360	1358	819	6390	642	107	-	35	-	..	..	..	87539	3606	2909	12680	748	1119	5431	20364	377	4069	2591	45	15674	2815	2302	851	9893	1666	95	-	46	-	258	..	..	122563	8318	5239	17408	1904	1114	11480	36488	530	5193	4169	224	16172	6118	2509	3244	1126	1247	-	-	-	-	30	50	..	88573	4006	4780	14983	1132	742	7280	15764	310	3940	1092	278	16846	2443	3174	373	9765	774	-	-	-	-	50	-	841	91087	2242	2970	7386	2828	312	6583	12818	32	5445	640	250	15846	11220	3250	7006	9565	2600	94	-	-	-	-	-	-
Realized passenger kilometres from Republic of Macedonia - in,	54418238	23900	5075470	3352852	1313600	477150	14204138	3474879	215750	9732105	231781	71115	4782402	5816500	3307160	722105	727376	578100	219700	-	92155	-	..	..	..	55687977	926598	3881310	3026786	851925	1723050	13093720	7261264	216040	7145818	1066090	257400	5245212	2974500	4147160	778370	1208370	1169100	199500	-	138000	-	377764	..	..	93489900	2912842	6672075	5443538	1986580	1601190	24394555	14982242	446660	7447880	2416389	214020	5572334	6761778	4909487	6252970	248650	1058210	-	-	-	-	34500	134000	..	58239083	1032582	5898400	3861595	1405860	1388080	16625692	4083452	316920	4693195	525015	234495	5615604	4268720	5201350	513400	982550	617473	-	-	-	-	68300	-	906400	75079057	780684	4604670	2099488	2713240	522360	14651268	3391286	25920	8169718	202670	113200	7245488	11848600	7316330	7353015	1533600	2320000	187520	-	-	-	-	-	-
Realized passenger kilometres in Republic of Macedonia - from,	51693769	14300	3692006	3450849	1373600	477150	14708970	3473094	215750	8635850	250681	71115	4740308	5583300	2657810	722105	768426	546600	219700	-	92155	-	..	..	..	53471576	892672	3689110	3009647	737925	1723050	12190140	7200512	216040	6267768	1067476	77400	5186272	2974500	4439660	778370	1184370	1121400	199500	-	138000	-	377764	..	..	93927646	2894159	6511404	5450898	1965780	1601190	25549115	15152374	446660	7314000	2110278	214020	5132473	6800778	5075237	6252970	229600	1058210	-	-	-	-	34500	134000	0	58132333	1032260	6099590	3696225	934480	1388080	16628562	4132724	316920	5339450	525015	234495	5732104	2691230	5534800	338875	971550	617473	-	-	-	-	68300	-	1850200	73574971	780444	3785478	2053250	2713240	522360	15322584	3414496	25920	7776142	261770	113200	7207472	11848600	6865880	7263015	1113600	2320000	187520	-	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 2. Number of passenger cars per 1000 inhabitans, by years, by regions

Number of passenger cars per 1000 inhabitans, by years, by regions
	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants	Passenger cars/1000 inhabitants
Republic of Macedonia	121.7	128.5	137.6	151	152.1	146.4	168	179.7	185.4
Vardar Region	7	6.7	7.4	9.3	9.8	7.7	10.2	11.1	11.6
East Region	9.2	9.4	9.4	11	10.6	10.8	12.7	13.5	14.5
Southwest region	11.9	12.5	13.4	15.1	15.6	14.6	13.1	18.3	18.9
Southeast Region	8.4	8.8	9	10.6	12.4	12.8	12.1	13	13.6
Pelagonia region	15.8	15.4	16.1	17.3	16.6	15.2	19.7	21	22.3
Polog Region	9.4	10.5	14.5	15.8	16.1	12.9	19.8	20.8	18.8
North-east Region	8.2	8.1	8.4	8.2	5.1	7.8	12.3	12.8	13.4
Skopje Region	51.8	57.1	59.4	63.7	65.9	64.6	68.1	69.2	72.3

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. Registered road motor vehicles and trailers, by years, by regions

Registered road motor vehicles and trailers, by years, by regions
	2015
	Total	motor-cycles	passenger cars	buses	goods vehicles	road tractors	trac-tors	work vehicles	trailers
Republic of Macedonia	451724	10050	383833	3243	33237	5451	6536	612	8762
Vardar Region	30997	1061	23952	227	2194	809	1245	47	1462
East Region	36377	1154	29925	346	2383	610	937	46	976
Southwest region	43913	850	39175	368	2575	224	221	43	457
Southeast Region	36841	690	28252	312	3587	1023	1379	48	1550
Pelagonia region	53464	859	46134	393	3125	479	1540	65	869
Polog Region	43633	425	38933	308	2879	244	321	62	461
North-east Region	31706	624	27675	270	1871	277	410	47	532
Skopje Region	174793	4387	149787	1019	14623	1785	483	254	2455

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 4. Local road network, by region, km

Local road network, by region, km
	2016
	Total	Asphalt and cobbled street	Macadam	Earth	Designed roads
Republic of Macedonia	9749	5194	766	2609	1180
Vardar Region	1049	424	71	413	141
East Region	1211	492	47	391	281
Southwest Region	1343	768	154	287	134
Southeast Region	833	362	37	273	161
Pelagonia Region	1261	691	66	429	75
Polog Region	1568	1023	147	233	165
Northeast Region	1077	496	100	366	115
Skopje Region	1407	938	144	217	108

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 5. Local road network, by municipalities, km

Local road network, by municipalities, km
	2016
	TOTAL	asphalt and cobbled street	macadam	earth	designed roads
Republic of Macedonia	9749	5194	766	2609	1180
Skopje	600	390	76	73	61
Aerodrom	4	4	-	-	-
Butel	223	138	43	23	19
Gazi Baba	66	41	7	8	10
Gjorche Petrov	95	34	2	27	32
Karposh	14	14	-	-	-
Kisela Voda	58	58	-	-	-
Saraj	104	67	23	14	-
Centar	-	-	-	-	-
Chair	-	-	-	-	-
Shuto Orizari	36	34	1	1	-
Arachinovo	42	20	-	22	-
Berovo	65	23	8	32	2
Bitola	167	158	2	7	-
Bogdantsi	44	31	-	5	8
Bogovinje	221	135	11	42	33
Bosilovo	107	62	-	45	-
Brvenitsa	110	71	24	15	-
Valandovo	73	73	-	-	-
Vasilevo	124	39	-	7	78
Vevchani	20	8	6	5	1
Veles	137	50	14	15	58
Vinitsa	118	47	-	46	25
Vraneshtitsa	...	...	...	...	...
Vrapchishte	130	73	40	14	3
Gevgelija	70	41	22	7	-
Gostivar	284	274	-	3	7
Gradsko	69	34	15	20	-
Debar	210	107	47	42	14
Debartsa	117	94	9	5	9
Delchevo	146	71	4	65	6
Demir Kapija	48	18	-	30	-
Demir Hisar	168	93	-	64	11
Dojran	33	15	12	-	6
Dolneni	113	63	-	50	-
Drugovo	...	...	...	...	...
Zhelino	168	116	16	18	18
Zajas	...	...	...	...	...
Zelenikovo	84	28	-	42	14
Zrnovtsi	120	20	20	50	30
Ilinden	306	263	38	5	-
Jegunovtse	80	38	28	13	1
Kavadartsi	312	118	12	150	32
Karbintsi	108	35	5	31	37
Kichevo	294	195	21	28	50
Konche	110	29	-	57	24
Kochani	164	55	3	96	10
Kratovo	178	75	-	83	20
Kriva Palanka	182	105	1	71	5
Krivogashtani	20	11	1	1	7
Krushevo	80	67	-	13	-
Kumanovo	128	77	17	34	-
Lipkovo	231	137	-	80	14
Lozovo	133	24	8	101	-
Mavrovo and Rostusha	189	62	19	57	51
Makedonska Kamenitsa	113	77	-	36	-
Makedonski Brod	213	98	23	76	16
Mogila	96	44	1	43	8
Negotino	74	32	-	9	33
Novatsi	205	58	9	138	-
Novo Selo	120	24	-	96	-
Oslomej	...	...	...	...	...
Ohrid	163	106	32	7	18
Petrovets	73	46	6	18	3
Pehchevo	106	31	-	1	74
Plasnitsa	25	13	6	6	-
Prilep	270	109	45	78	38
Probishtip	78	47	7	10	14
Radovish	110	30	3	37	40
Rankovtse	137	35	8	18	76
Resen	142	88	8	35	11
Rosoman	43	29	3	1	10
Sveti Nikole	104	55	19	30	-
Sopishte	58	50	2	2	4
Staro Nagorichane	221	67	74	80	-
Struga	272	125	10	111	26
Strumitsa	42	18	-	19	5
Studenichani	116	69	15	6	26
Teartse	145	73	7	23	42
Tetovo	241	181	2	48	10
Centar Zhupa	29	22	-	7	-
Chashka	129	64	-	57	8
Cheshinovo - Obleshevo	42	29	-	13	-
Chucher - Sandevo	128	72	7	49	-
Shtip	151	57	-	11	83

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

AGRICULTURE

Macedonia according to the Agriculture Census from 2007 has more than 300.000 hectares of agricultural land and it is estimated that more than 190.000 hectares are irrigated.

According to statistics data from 2010, he share of agriculture in the gross domestic product of the Republic of Macedonia amounted to 10.6%, and the agriculture sector, including fisheries and forestry, employs around 19% of the total population.

The average household is processing from 2,5 to 2,8 hectares, which is far below the EU average. In agriculture, nearly one fifth of the total number of employees is employed.

Arable land and gardens occupy most of the agricultural land (more than 70%). It is 6.5% under vineyards, and 3.6% of agricultural land under fruit plantations. The most crops are grown (65%), vegetables (11.5%) and fodder plants (11.2%). It is considered that the most commonly grown cereal grain culture, and from sunflower industrial plants. Fruits are the most common apples, plums and pears.

In the livestock of the Republic of Macedonia the most popular is sheep milk production and milk and cheese production.

One of the biggest export promotions of the Republic of Macedonia is wine and grapes due to the fact that the annual export income amounts to more than 30 million euros, and this amount can be compared only with the export of tobacco, textile products and lamb meat.

According to the World Bank, 39.93% of the territory of the Republic of Macedonia is covered with forests, and in the case of the countries of Southeastern Europe, only Bosnia and Herzegovina with 43% and Montenegro with 40.37% of the territory occupy the forests. Croatia took its place behind the Republic of Macedonia because the forest covered 34.43 percent of the territory.

Area of utilised agricultural land: 334226 hectares

Irrigated area: 79637.94 hectares

Number of agricultural holdings: 192675

Household members who work at individual agricultural holdings: 471069

Vineyards: 24584.43 hectares

Number of cattle: 241257

Number of goats: 132924

Number of sheep: 794053

Number of pigs: 233702

Table 1. Number of agricultural holdings with livestock, poultry, rabbits and beehives, by region

Number of agricultural holdings with livestock, poultry, rabbits and beehives, by region
		2013
		Cattle	Horses	Sheep	Goats	Pigs	Poultry	Rabbits	Beehives
Republic of Macedonia	Total	38266	17016	7410	19546	43718	63215	1947	4135
	Individual agricultural holdings	38170	17011	7377	19535	43674	63178	1947	4132
	Business entities	96	5	33	11	44	37	-	3
Vardar Region	Total	1589	1258	499	1336	2327	3897	130	462
	Individual agricultural holdings	1583	1257	494	1335	2315	3894	130	461
	Business entities	6	1	5	1	12	3	-	1
East Region	Total	3807	1392	1738	4107	7709	7532	583	572
	Individual agricultural holdings	3800	1391	1732	4105	7703	7528	583	572
	Business entities	7	1	6	2	6	4	-	-
Southwest Region	Total	5697	1821	1290	2695	5190	8269	161	1037
	Individual agricultural holdings	5689	1821	1287	2694	5189	8269	161	1036
	Business entities	8	-	3	1	1	-	-	1
Southeast Region	Total	4635	7612	795	4272	6585	9009	278	226
	Individual agricultural holdings	4632	7612	794	4272	6581	9006	278	226
	Business entities	3	-	1	-	4	3	-	-
Pelagonia Region	Total	6373	1588	929	719	5431	9896	129	487
	Individual agricultural holdings	6309	1585	920	714	5418	9883	129	487
	Business entities	64	3	9	5	13	13	-	-
Polog Region	Total	7541	1155	568	1795	4883	7595	196	573
	Individual agricultural holdings	7539	1155	565	1795	4880	7591	196	572
	Business entities	2	-	3	-	3	4	-	1
Northeast Region	Total	4803	707	882	3247	7165	11128	368	622
	Individual agricultural holdings	4801	707	878	3246	7164	11125	368	622
	Business entities	2	-	4	1	1	3	-	-
Skopje Region	Total	3821	1483	708	1374	4430	5890	101	157
	Individual agricultural holdings	3817	1483	706	1373	4426	5883	101	157
	Business entities	4	-	2	1	4	7	-	-

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 2. Organic farming – area in hectare, by year

Organic farming - area in hectare, by year
	2015
	Fully converted (organic)
Wheat	88
Maize	32
Barley	391
Rice	-
Oats	31
Rye	6
Soybean	-
Sunflower	20
Tobacco	-
Rape	-
Peanuts	0
Aromatic plants, medicinal and culinary plants	28
Other industrial plants	-
Fodderbeet	-
Alfalfa	272
Clover	-
Mixed fodder	-
Vetchling	7
Fodder peas	34
Fodder maize	-
Tomatoes	1
Peppers	1
Cucumbers	-
Onions	0
Garlic	0
Carrots	0
Cabbage	-
Watermelons	2
Melons	4
Strawberries	0
Apples	2
Pears	1
Plums	36
Cherries	11
Sour cherries	11
Apricots	3
Peaches	1
Walnuts	22
Almonds	30
Hazelnuts	1
Figs	1
Pomegranates	1
Brambles	-
Raspberries	1

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. General overview of forestry development

General overview of forestry development
	Employees in forestry	Realized investments,in 000denars	Export, in 000 denars
2010	2576	-	47890
2011	2436	98708	51275
2012	2324	50035	94798
2013	2298	94394	53942
2014	2376	-	70328
2015	2450	-	40536

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 4. Production of meat in Republic of Macedonia, by years

Production of meat in Republic of Macedonia, by years
	Beef	Pork	Mutton	Poutry
2010	6082	8292	4786	3236
2011	5301	8340	6370	1621
2012	4981	10598	5600	1945
2013	5485	8845	4725	1801
2014	5522	9886	4727	2011
2015	4875	10826	3980	1729
2016	3962	12786	3737	1509

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 5. Total number of livestock, poultry and bee-hives, by years

Total number of livestock, poultry and bee-hives, by years
	Horses	Cattles	Pigs	Sheep	Goats	Poultry	Bee-hives
2010	26661	259887	190552	778404	75708	1994852	76052
2011	25415	265299	196570	766631	72778	1944260	65277
2012	21676	251240	176920	732338	63585	1776297	52897
2013	20682	238333	167492	731828	75028	2201550	68294
2014	19371	241607	165053	740457	81344	1939879	73869
2015	18784	253442	195443	733510	88064	1761145	73960
2016	19263	254768	202758	723295	101669	1865769	81476

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

TOURISM

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of tourists in December 2016 was 42 101, and the number of nights spent by tourists was 81 060.

The number of tourists in December 2016, compared to December 2015, increased by 4.4%, and the number of nights spent increased by 4.7%.

The number of domestic tourists in December 2016, compared to December 2015, decreased by 5.3%, while the number of foreign tourists increased by 11.2%.

The number of nights spent by domestic tourists in December 2016, compared to December 2015, decreased by 4.6%, whereas the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 12.5%.

In the period January – December 2016, compared to the same period last year, the number of tourists increased by 5.0%: the number of domestic tourists increased by 4.8%, while that of foreign tourists increased by 5.1%.

In the period January – December 2016, compared to the same period last year, the number of nights spent increased by 2.8%: the number of nights spent by domestic tourists increased by 3.6%, while those by foreign tourists increased by 1.7%.

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of tourists in April 2017 was 68 047, and the number of nights spent by tourists was 140 081.

The number of tourists in April 2017, compared to April 2016, increased by 18.4%, and the number of nights spent increased by 18.6%. The number of domestic tourists in April 2017, compared to April 2016, increased by 15.8%, while the number of foreign tourists increased by 19.6%.

The number of nights spent by domestic tourists in April 2017, compared to April 2016, increased by 15.0%, and the number of nights spent by foreign tourists increased by 21.1%.

In the period January – April 2017, compared to the same period last year, the number of tourists increased by 10.7%: the number of domestic tourists increased by 9.4%, while that of foreign tourists increased by 11.4%.

In the period January – April 2017, compared to the same period last year, the number of nights spent increased by 9.8%: the number of nights spent by domestic tourists increased by 3.4%, while those by foreign tourists increased by 14.6%.

Table 1. Number of tourists and nights spent by countries of origin

Number of tourists and nights spent by countries of origin
	Tourists		Nights spent
	IV 2017	Structure	IV 2017	Structure
Foreign tourists - total	47 050	100	84 676	100
Austria	823	1.7	1786	2.1
Albania	1242	2.6	2872	3.4
Belgium	337	0.7	681	0.8
Belarus	17	0	32	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	606	1.3	1164	1.4
Bulgaria	4256	9	7589	9
Great Britain	778	1.7	1588	1.9
Germany	1960	4.2	3487	4.1
Greece	4276	9.1	6655	7.9
Denmark	352	0.7	1077	1.3
Estonia	30	0.1	86	0.1
Ireland	91	0.2	237	0.3
Iceland	35	0.1	41	0
Italy	783	1.7	1566	1.8
Cyprus	15	0	46	0.1
Kosovo	1641	3.5	3282	3.9
Latvia	37	0.1	65	0.1
Lithuania	59	0.1	91	0.1
Luxembourg	13	0	32	0
Malta	15	0	70	0.1
Norway	321	0.7	673	0.8
Poland	546	1.2	1042	1.2
Portugal	173	0.4	383	0.5
Romania	867	1.8	1849	2.2
Russian Federation	434	0.9	1011	1.2
Slovakia	144	0.3	704	0.8
Slovenia	1457	3.1	2547	3
Serbia	3267	6.9	7596	9
Turkey	10446	22.2	14526	17.2
Ukraine	359	0.8	860	1
Hungary	264	0.6	551	0.6
Finland	102	0.2	186	0.2
France	559	1.2	1148	1.4
Netherlands	570	1.2	1056	1.2
Croatia	1600	3.4	3073	3.6
Montenegro	401	0.9	909	1.1
Czech Republic	200	0.4	365	0.4
Switzerland	470	1	937	1.1
Sweden	669	1.4	1395	1.6
Spain	579	1.2	1248	1.5
Other European countries	523	1.1	845	1
South Africa	9	0	26	0
Other African countries	84	0.2	166	0.2
Canada	110	0.2	215	0.3
USA	966	2.1	2409	2.8
Other North-American countries	9	0	15	0
Brazil	26	0.1	38	0
Other countries of South and Middle America	67	0.1	132	0.2
Israel	655	1.4	1532	1.8
Japan	363	0.8	442	0.5
China	414	0.9	764	0.9
Korea (Republic of)	546	1.2	575	0.7
Other Asian countries	2121	4.5	2418	2.9
Australia	169	0.4	384	0.5
New Zealand	7	0	14	0
Other countries of Oceania	187	0.4	195	0.2

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 2. Number of tourists and nights spent by country of origin, by region, by years

Number of tourists and nights spent by country of origin, by region, by years

	2016
	Vardar		East		Southwest		Southeast		Pelagonia		Polog		Northeast		Skopje
	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent	Tourists	Nights spent
Total	26064	41643	30568	66515	322334	1228617	135092	437607	58355	141153	27318	52590	9774	13751	247338	479284
Domestic tourists	8375	16557	20643	44645	151347	778189	82907	342646	37012	90028	13805	24887	2730	3465	29540	106726
Foreign tourists - total	17689	25086	9925	21870	170987	450428	52185	94961	21343	51125	13513	27703	7044	10286	217798	372558
Austria	255	307	95	186	1285	2381	529	5088	341	1022	243	398	149	227	4490	7420
Albania	172	200	97	145	9539	27063	778	1064	987	1359	3466	6155	203	287	5620	7944
Belgium	259	310	98	217	2218	13230	154	251	240	439	99	195	96	203	2337	5301
Belarus	20	28	1	2	41	224	29	30	2	3	1	3	19	35	317	717
Bosnia and Herzegovina	462	632	88	170	2405	5557	452	712	195	398	114	223	94	120	3112	6230
Bulgaria	909	1237	2872	4878	13796	26099	4497	7835	1633	3071	350	819	2304	3201	10621	16135
Great Britain	256	479	245	841	1345	3633	570	1355	519	1234	382	987	59	99	5480	11828
Germany	959	1877	711	1951	3299	7334	831	1660	1077	3139	546	1277	235	453	9409	18288
Greece	715	1009	296	622	6823	11902	24618	39845	2353	3628	101	223	122	145	5476	9280
Denmark	136	216	53	145	1021	4033	51	130	141	421	206	565	44	116	1946	3878
Ireland	27	46	13	22	158	525	30	46	79	126	31	70	10	44	689	1848
Italy	321	544	414	1173	1486	3217	488	1060	849	2185	345	717	189	298	7423	14360
Kosovo	137	165	456	1305	8065	19374	1391	2292	170	393	2375	4132	102	120	4374	6598
Latvia	36	49	27	142	144	400	2	4	44	126	1	2	7	26	227	549
Lithuania	10	12	10	38	126	360	13	43	27	34	14	14	17	59	343	690
Norway	81	117	18	70	450	1658	121	122	68	263	49	142	15	15	1960	4329
Poland	253	283	72	248	7212	19342	550	1871	448	913	197	308	332	419	3204	6209
Portugal	12	21	6	24	115	225	11	15	47	75	14	25	4	18	843	1690
Romania	1855	3072	152	514	1248	3160	876	1345	388	1161	78	161	321	493	4338	7222
Russian Federation	167	452	73	183	1057	3445	226	874	290	772	52	119	40	72	2308	5230
Slovakia	57	80	40	126	489	1209	185	1545	156	385	49	81	47	76	1314	2384
Slovenia	283	363	274	862	2757	7143	352	553	699	1494	188	389	180	283	5238	9553
Serbia	6450	7205	967	1824	10245	30245	9116	14625	2131	4095	720	1992	1169	1563	19347	32233
Turkey	537	776	528	1075	44231	64272	2006	4361	1015	2232	1427	3659	158	238	55836	76135
Ukraine	321	390	42	158	875	2303	301	532	468	1651	19	21	93	105	1457	2541
Hungary	304	339	76	219	464	1399	389	583	354	3224	16	25	96	126	2065	3638
Finland	55	71	34	180	296	705	70	117	117	306	38	124	16	25	1266	2383
France	137	181	174	548	1331	3434	231	380	581	1001	243	454	62	139	3472	6622
Netherlands	590	936	396	637	18165	116179	493	902	399	751	261	465	57	72	3599	7593
Croatia	244	449	180	334	2875	7374	620	1355	416	882	186	510	137	194	8660	15660
Montenegro	160	179	55	129	2276	4711	211	365	251	486	61	120	71	97	2670	4398
Czech Republic	158	207	126	372	492	1225	297	708	238	648	172	246	31	61	1364	2423
Switzerland	97	124	189	404	961	2194	295	604	270	773	269	583	151	274	2357	4380
Sweden	277	624	99	243	1219	3640	219	398	586	1844	76	147	30	45	3989	8045
Spain	67	152	50	174	650	1133	89	168	311	589	141	287	55	103	2296	4099
Other European countries	126	191	54	149	1098	2536	143	336	143	425	102	389	75	114	2608	5369
African countries	24	74	13	25	51	167	27	51	45	135	14	35	2	2	458	996
Canada	69	237	34	54	672	1464	87	114	126	330	40	68	28	29	1102	2088
USA	315	800	186	411	2304	5651	355	704	693	1984	282	618	67	114	7293	18814
Other North-American countries	6	6	8	13	275	357	48	145	26	51	1	16	-	-	238	388
Countries of South and Middle America	47	76	28	88	414	935	32	50	102	330	12	19	13	13	1057	1761
Israel	121	150	258	267	5822	23396	83	189	586	905	291	493	16	20	1806	3244
Japan	6	8	20	28	1034	1288	33	42	104	273	4	10	1	1	1759	2482
China	30	98	34	91	1072	1283	65	85	140	368	42	64	8	14	5174	7811
Korea (Republic of)	2	13	41	70	1755	1833	17	27	11	20	1	2	72	72	1033	1204
Other Asian countries	48	145	55	139	4758	6215	50	99	126	251	38	145	6	9	3149	5732
Australia	90	117	162	363	1833	4087	147	255	1325	4884	137	184	36	42	1827	3574
Other countries of Oceania	26	39	5	11	740	888	7	26	26	46	19	22	5	5	847	1262

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 3. Tourists and nights spent by tourists in the Republic of Macedonia, by region, by month

Tourists and nights spent by tourists in the Republic of Macedonia, by region, by month

	2017M01						2017M02						2017M03						2017M04
	Tourists			Nights spent			Tourists			Nights spent			Tourists			Nights spent			Tourists			Nights spent
	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign	Total	Domestic	Foreign
Republic of Macedonia	43220	18189	25031	87894	41757	46137	36869	13561	23308	79860	28433	51427	43033	14431	28602	91532	36105	55427	68047	20997	47050	140081	55405	84676
Vardar Region	895	462	433	2592	1603	989	1166	658	508	2141	773	1368	1069	502	567	1699	624	1075	1361	432	929	2635	577	2058
East Region	2140	1676	464	4262	3418	844	1986	1521	465	3519	2614	905	2265	1399	866	4450	2804	1646	2797	1909	888	4870	3171	1699
Southwest Region	8670	4148	4522	17869	9945	7924	5962	2912	3050	13496	5315	8181	9810	4500	5310	18885	10053	8832	25307	9340	15967	51158	22648	28510
Southeast Region	5961	2076	3885	11745	4714	7031	5982	2323	3659	12996	5807	7189	7078	2790	4288	16508	7763	8745	8131	3568	4563	21126	12350	8776
Pelagonia Region	5966	4984	982	14398	11842	2556	3273	2076	1197	7054	3754	3300	2784	1489	1295	6071	2538	3533	3455	1691	1764	6344	2590	3754
Polog Region	5102	2055	3047	11237	4894	6343	4059	1671	2388	9432	4004	5428	1309	726	583	2695	1350	1345	1445	710	735	2547	1033	1514
Northeast Region	408	180	228	548	208	340	394	147	247	585	163	422	750	192	558	1197	293	904	774	252	522	1166	324	842
Skopje Region	14078	2608	11470	25243	5133	20110	14047	2253	11794	30637	6003	24634	17968	2833	15135	40027	10680	29347	24777	3095	21682	50235	12712	37523

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 4. Number of rooms and bed places by types of accommodation establishments, by years

Number of rooms and bed places by types of accommodation establishments, by years
	2016
	Rooms	Bed places
Total	28305	73168
Hotels - total	8338	18284
Hotels*****	1338	2739
Hotels****	3005	6323
Hotels***	2030	4657
Hotels**	1237	2886
Hotels*	728	1679
Boarding houses	33	61
Motels	347	772
Tourist apartments	16	51
Overnight lodging houses	172	399
Spas	531	1296
Mountain lodges and houses	11	45
Workers' vacation facilities	1195	3537
Children and youth vacation facilities	1296	6330
Youth hotels	-	-
Camps	2846	8787
Houses, vacation apartments and rooms for rent - total	10837	26086
Temporary lodging facilities	461	1367
Sleeping cars	123	384
Uncategorized accommodation establishments	2099	5769

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

Table 5. Tourist arrivals, by months

Tourist arrivals, by months
	2016
	Total	Domestic	Foreign
M00	856843	346359	510484
M01	38162	16484	21678
M02	32467	11700	20767
M03	44593	15073	29520
M04	57462	18128	39334
M05	86234	25355	60879
M06	71813	21498	50315
M07	129656	62856	66800
M08	156763	95025	61738
M09	84018	23020	60998
M10	69412	23787	45625
M11	44162	17715	26447
M12	42101	15718	26383

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

ENTERPRISES BY CLASSES

According to the data of the State Statistical Office, the number of active business entities in the Republic of Macedonia in 2016 was 71 519 and compared to 2015 it increased by 1.9%. This increase is mainly due to the increase in the number of active business entities in the Manufacturing section (328 entities), Construction (318 entities), as well as in the section Professional, scientific and technical activities (357 entities). In 2016, compared to the previous year, the section Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles recorded a slight decrease (127 entities).

The data on the structure of active business entities by sections of activities show that the sections with the highest share in the structure in 2016 were Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles with 33.2% and Manufacturing with 11.1%, whereas the least represented were the sections Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 0.2% and Mining and quarrying with 0.3%.

The data on the structure of active business entities according to the number of persons employed show that the highest share of 79.3% belongs to business entities with 1-9 persons employed, followed by business entities with no persons employed or entities with unascertained number of persons employed (no data on persons employed) with 11.3%, and entities with 10-19 persons employed with 4.3%. The share of entities with 20-49 persons employed was 2.8%, those with 50-249 persons employed participated with 1.9%, while entities with 250 or more persons employed had a share of only 0.3%.

Table 1. Number of active business entities by sections of activity according to the National Classification of Activities NKD Rev. 2 and by number of persons employed, 2016

T-01: Number of active business entities by sections of activity according to the National Classification of Activities NKD Rev. 2 and by number of persons employed, 2016
Sectors of activity		Вкупно Total	%	Number of business entities by number of persons employed
				Number of business entities by number of persons employed
					01)	1-9	10-19	20-49	50-249	250 +
					01)	1-9	10-19	20-49	50-249	250 +
	Total	71519	100.0	8057	56725	3111	2030	1363	233
A	Agriculture, forestry and fishing	2749	3.8	247	2393	45	35	25	4
B	Mining and quarrying	189	0.3	20	115	23	21	6	4
C	Manufacturing	7967	11.1	605	5889	594	469	340	70
D	Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	165	0.2	45	101	8	3	4	4
E	Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities	271	0.4	28	156	28	23	26	10
F	Construction	4747	6.6	446	3769	289	170	63	10
G	Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	23716	33.2	2045	20299	815	399	138	20
H	Transportation and storage	5829	8.2	398	4936	297	139	51	8
I	Accommodation and food service activities	4627	6.5	459	3683	321	129	35	-
J	Information and communication	1618	2.3	315	1075	117	69	35	7
K	Financial and insurance activities	440	0.6	76	291	22	20	21	10
L	Real estate activities	552	0.8	165	349	21	11	5	1
M	Professional, scientific and technical activities	6618	9.3	721	5620	182	82	11	2
N	Administrative and support service activities	1650	2.3	573	911	62	48	37	19
O	Public administration and defence; compulsory social security	267	0.4	2	23	40	89	85	28
P	Education	1149	1.6	87	527	51	170	311	3
Q	Human health and social work activities	3298	4.6	56	2905	94	90	131	22
R	Arts, entertainment and recreation	1305	1.8	468	698	50	44	34	11
S	Other service activities	4362	6.1	1301	2985	52	19	5	-
T	Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…
U	Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies	…	…	…	…	…	…	…	…

Source: Republic of Macedonia State Statistical Office

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