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Romania’s trade gap up 38% y/y in January on 10% higher imports

March 13, 2025

Romania’s trade deficit (goods) surged by 38% y/y to EUR 2.74 billion in January, as the exports picked up encouragingly by 2.4% y/y, still insufficient to offset the 10.3% y/y advance of imports, according to data published by the statistics office INS.

Romania’s exports rose by 2.4% y/y to EUR 7.25 billion, while the imports advanced faster by 10.3% y/y to EUR 9.99 billion. 

The deficit has particularly widened for the category of food goods (and live animals), goods...

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