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About Moldova (part 2)
About 30% of the national products fall on agriculture. The warm temperate climate and abundant sunshine coupled with the fertile soil, provide ideal conditions for the cultivation of different cereals and crops: corn, sunflower, wheat, sugar beet, soy beans, tobacco, peppers, apples, tomatoes and grapes.
The most important spheres of industry are manufacturing industry, light industry, mechanical engineering and building materials production.
In spite of difficult economical situation of the country bound up with the transition period in economy in Moldova, for the first time during the ten years of crisis the gross national products increased in 6,1% in 2001.
Moldova is very famous for its various handicrafts - especially carpet weaving, carving and fretwork, lace and ceramics. The earliest traces of these handicrafts were observed in extreme antiquity. For instance, there was an old tradition when bride had to weave carpets by her own because they consisted her dowry.
The main wealth of Moldova of course are people - hard working, assiduous, hospitable and never given up. Moldavian proverb says, "Life was worth living if you built a house, brought-up a son, planted a tree and dug a well". That is why Moldavian villages are plenty of verdure and practically everywhere you can see lots of wells along the roads. One who wishes can make a stop to taste its cool fresh water.
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