Country code: MD
Location: Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
Area: total: 33,843 sq km (water: 472 sq km; land:
33,371 sq km)
Population: 4,439,502 (July 2003 est.)
Capital: Chisinau
Languages: Moldovan (official), Russian, Gagauz
Currency: Moldovan leu
Religions: Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist
and other 0.5%
Industries: food processing, agricultural machinery,
foundry equipment, refrigerators and freezers, washing machines,
hosiery, sugar, vegetable oil, shoes, textiles
Agriculture - products: vegetables, fruits, wine,
grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, tobacco, beef, milk
Exports - commodities: foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
Imports - commodities: mineral products and fuel
32%, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles