Comelf reported for the first semester of this year a net profit of 1.948 million RON, rising by 61% from the same period of last year, according to a report sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB).The company's revenues were worth 67 million RON after the first 6 months of this year, when comparing with 64 million RON during the first semester of 2020, rising by 5%, evolution determined by the advance of products' selling price, based on the increase of raw material price.The company had total expenses of 64.182 million RON during the first semester, higher by 3.67% from the first semester of 2020. The report mentions that these have gone up, when comparing with the first semester of 2020, in a proportion smaller than the rise of the revenues, influenced only by the price of raw materials, at an accelerated rate. Other expenses registered a drop, which managed to compensate the increase of the raw materials costs, based on a conservative management of all company's commitments on the side of costs.Comelf reported a profit before the corporation tax of 2.207 million RON, up by 61%. The company's gross result was influenced favorably by the company's costs, other than those with the raw materials, which registered a drop, so that a balance can be maintained between revenues and operational costs, with the purpose of a satisfying profitability, increase of the revenues, based on the increase of the cash price, with the purpose of an optimal recovery of the raw materials costs.Comelf is a manufacturing company in the car construction industry and its objective is manufacturing equipment for energy units and environment protection, metallic structures in the area of renewable energy (source: water, wind and sun), cars and earth-moving vehicles or subsets of these, equipment for lifting and transport machinery, including their components. The manufacturing takes place in 6 production buildings, on a total surface of 80,824 square meters, equipped with machinery, installations, tools for mechanic processing, laboratories and utility networks for carrying out the production processes.
APADOR-CH, one of Romania’s oldest human rights organizations, has called on President Nicușor Dan to clarify how the state intends to combat disinformation without infringing on freedom of expression. In an open letter published on June 14, the organization raised concerns about the president’s recent statement that he would bring the issue of online disinformation […]
Romania’s state-owned passenger railway operator CFR Călători has warned that insufficient public service compensation for 2025, combined with declining revenues, may lead to significant disruptions in rail transport, the company said in a statement issued on June 13. The carrier stated that funding for the upcoming year is expected to fall below 2024 levels, creating […]
Romania's gross external debt (not including the loans contracted by FDI companies from parent groups) increased by 12% y/y or EUR 16.5 billion in 12 months to April 2025, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania. The gross external debt (GED) reached EUR 158.2 billion, equivalent to 44.7% of the country's GDP. […]
Romania’s nominal GDP has reached EUR 354 billion in 2024 and EUR 358 billion in the four quarters to March 2025, nearly tripling from EUR 125 billion in 2009. While often cited as evidence of rapid economic expansion, this 182% increase over 15 years significantly overstates the country’s real economic progress, according to our calculations. […]
Despite positive base effects in April 2025 after net foreign direct investments (FDI) outflows a year earlier, the cumulative net FDI in 12 months to April contracted by 17% y/y to EUR 5.40 billion (EUR 5.45 billion in gross terms), according to data published by the National Bank of Romania on June 13. Notably, the […]
The current account (CA) deficit in the 12 months to April 2025 increased by 46% y/y and reached EUR 33.4 billion, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (BNR) on June 13. The CA deficit to GDP ratio reached 9.4%, from 7.1% in April 2024 and 8.4% in 2024. All the main […]
