2014 Annual Report
Exports - commodities: food, beverages, tobacco; textiles, miscellaneous manufactures, iron, steel;
automotive parts
Exports - partners: Germany 36.9%, Bulgaria 7.6%, Italy 6.5%, Serbia 6.3% Greece 5% (2013)
Imports: $6.6 billion (2012 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, automobiles, chemicals, fuels, food products
Principal Government Officials
Prime Minister – Nikola Gruevski
Deputy Prime Minister (Economic Affairs) – Vladimir Pesevski
Deputy Prime Minister (European Affairs) – Fatmir Besimi
Deputy Prime Minister (Framework Agreement Implementation) – Musa Xhaferri
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister – Zoran Stavreski
Agriculture, Forestry and Water Minister – Mihail Cvetkov
Culture Minister – Elizabeta Kancheska Milevska
Defense Minister – Zoran Jolevski
Education Minister – Abdilakim Ademi
Economy Minister – Bekim Neziri
Environment and Physical Planning Minister – Nurhan Izairi
Foreign Minister – Nikola Poposki
Foreign Investments Minister – Vele Samak
Foreign Investments Minister – Bill Pavleski
Foreign Investments Minister – Jerry Naumoff
Foreign Investments Minister – Goran Mickovski
Foreign Investments Minister – Furkan Cako
Foreign Investments Minister – Visar Fida
Health Minister – Nikola Todorov
Information Society and Administration Minister – Ivo Ivanovski
Internal Affairs Minister – Mitko Chavkov
Justice Minister – Adnan Jasari
Labor and Social Policy Minister – Dime Spasov
Local Self-Government Minister – Ljirim Shabani
Ministry for Transport and Communications – Vlado Misajlovski
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador – Jess Baily
Deputy Chief of Mission – Barton J. Putney
USAID Mission Director – James Stein
USAID Economic Growth and Education Office Director – Michael Stievater
Political and Economic Affairs – Ryan Stoner
Economic/Commercial Affairs – Veronica Scarborough
Consul – Gregory Bernsteen
Management Affairs – Charles Wintermeyer
Public Affairs – Valerie Colby
Defense Attaché –COL Thomas Butler
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