Romania Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jan 31, 2025

Actual

-2,738.6

Units In

EUR Million

-3,335.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 09, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
137.6 Feb 1996	-3,724.6 Oct 2024	-919.78 EUR Million	1992-2025	Institutul National de Statistica

Romania exports mostly machinery and transport equipment, raw materials, and miscellaneous manufactured articles like textiles and footwear. Romania imports machinery and transport equipment, raw materials, chemicals and fuels. More than 70% of exports and imports are with other European Union members with Italy, Germany and France being the most important.

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Romania’s trade deficit widened to EUR 2.74 billion in January 2025 from EUR 1.98 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year. Exports rose by 2.4% year-on-year to EUR 7.25 billion, driven by strong growth in sales to non-EU countries (16.3%). However, sales to EU countries (-2.4%) decreased. Among product groups, sales increased the most for mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (60.5%) and beverages and tobacco (58.1%). Meanwhile, imports soared by 10.3% from a year earlier to EUR 9.99 billion, primarily attributed to significant growth in purchases from the non-EU countries (27.1%) and, to a lesser extent, from the EU (4.2%). Purchases rose sharply for beverages and tobacco (34.5%), followed by mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (30.6%), and manufactured goods classified mainly by raw materials (17.6%).