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Trade between North Macedonia and Serbia

In 2024, North Macedonia exported $841 million to Serbia and imported $931 million. North Macedonia ran a deficit of $91 million with Serbia, compared with a deficit of $181 million in 2019. Serbia was North Macedonia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and North Macedonia was Serbia’s 16th (2%).

Summary

North Macedonia → Serbia
$841million
Serbia → North Macedonia
$931million
North Macedonia’s balance
-$91million

Balance

North Macedonia’s trade balance with Serbia

Trade between North Macedonia and Serbia grew 7.2-fold since 1995

USD millions (current). North Macedonia’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 841
  • Imports 931
  • Balance -90.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$85 million$161 million-$76 million
1996$267 million$186 million$80 million
1997$296 million$216 million$80 million
1998$257 million$257 million$848 thousand
1999$222 million$189 million$33 million
2000$290 million$187 million$103 million
2001$239 million$162 million$77 million
2002$225 million$183 million$41 million
2003$275 million$200 million$74 million
2004$310 million$262 million$48 million
2005$460 million$264 million$196 million
2006$532 million$308 million$223 million
2007$623 million$483 million$140 million
2008$886 million$550 million$336 million
2009$615 million$429 million$186 million
2010$650 million$476 million$175 million
2011$838 million$559 million$279 million
2012$582 million$528 million$55 million
2013$479 million$572 million-$93 million
2014$454 million$656 million-$202 million
2015$369 million$552 million-$183 million
2016$387 million$582 million-$194 million
2017$178 million$630 million-$452 million
2018$506 million$709 million-$203 million
2019$569 million$750 million-$181 million
2020$474 million$721 million-$247 million
2021$651 million$938 million-$287 million
2022$763 million$958 million-$195 million
2023$821 million$919 million-$98 million
2024$841 million$931 million-$91 million

What they sell each other

What North Macedonia sells to Serbia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Electricity$67 million · 8%
  2. Refined petroleum$67 million · 7.9%
    63 thousand tonnes
  3. 3 thousand tonnes
  4. Catalysts$36 million · 4.3%
    779 tonnes
  5. Coated flat steel$35 million · 4.1%
    29 thousand tonnes
  6. Wine$30 million · 3.6%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. Bread, biscuits and pastries$29 million · 3.4%
    9 thousand tonnes
  8. Hot-rolled flat steel$25 million · 3%
    27 thousand tonnes
  9. Soft drinks$23 million · 2.8%
    37 thousand tonnes
  10. Cement$23 million · 2.8%
    261 thousand tonnes

What Serbia sells to North Macedonia

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Electricity$80 million · 8.6%
  2. Cables and wire$59 million · 6.3%
    7 thousand tonnes · Serbia’s destinations
  3. Soft drinks$34 million · 3.6%
    45 thousand tonnes
  4. 19 thousand tonnes
  5. Cigarettes and cigars$21 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Bread, biscuits and pastries$20 million · 2.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  7. Cars$18 million · 2%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Wheat flour$17 million · 1.9%
    54 thousand tonnes
  9. Putty and sealants$16 million · 1.7%
    48 thousand tonnes
  10. Natural gas and LPG$16 million · 1.7%
    19 thousand tonnes

How it travels

North Macedonia and Serbia traded $1.8 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly over land: 100% of the value travels by truck, rail or pipeline.

Split by transport mode

  1. Land$1.8 billion · 100%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Serbia was North Macedonia’s 2nd largest trading partner (8% of its trade), and North Macedonia was Serbia’s 16th (2%).

Serbia in North Macedonia’s trade
8.1%
Serbia’s rank among North Macedonia’s partners
2nd
North Macedonia in Serbia’s trade
2.4%
North Macedonia’s rank among Serbia’s partners
16th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.