Romania's exports to the U.S. in 2024 exceeded EUR 2.283 billion, as the country's U.S. imports stood at EUR 1.315 billion, which gave a trade surplus of EUR 968 million favouring Romania, according to data with Romania's National Institute of Statistics..High values of Romanian exports to the U.S. were recorded in following products: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steels - EUR 217.865 million; boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, etc. - EUR 169.915 million; radar apparatus - EUR 104.171 million; seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles - EUR 77.139 million; ball bearings, roller bearings or needle bearings - EUR 75.978 million; electric motors and generators - EUR 72.758 million; ropes, cables and cordage - EUR 50.038 million; other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms - EUR 47.37 million; pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device - EUR 42.847 million.As far as the U.S. imports are concerned, important values were recorded for: military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols - EUR103.687 million; bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, cartridges - EUR 29.969 million; parts and accessories for military weapons, revolvers and pistols, other firearms and devices using explosive charges, other weapons - EUR 14.909 million; other aircraft (helicopters, airplanes) - EUR 95.984 million; transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television - EUR 68.398 million; petroleum oils/bituminous minerals - EUR 68.570 million; turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines - EUR 58.901 million; flat-rolled products of stainless steels - about EUR 31 million; petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons - EUR 25.757 million.U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he will levy 20% tariffs on imports from the European Union (EU) as part of his trade war with countries around the world, according to the Spanish news agency EFE."You think of European Union [as] very friendly: they rip us off. It's so sad to say. It's so pathetic: 39% [they charge the U.S.]; we're gonna charge them 20%," Trump told an event at the White House.
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