The deficit of the primary income balance, which covers funds from investment and employment, widened by EUR1.83 billion in 2015, reaching EUR3.73 billion, while the goods and services balance posted a deficit of EUR7.77 billion in 2015 from EUR6.34 billion in 2014.
The negative impact of the primary income and goods and services balance was partially offset by an increase in the secondary income balance, which posted a surplus of EUR2.87 billion.
Foreign direct investments stood at EUR3.04 billion in 2015, from EUR2.42 billion in 2014. Of these, equity stakes (including estimated net reinvestment of earnings) amounted to EUR3.34 billion, from EUR2.85 billion in 2014, while net intra-group lending stood at -EUR305 million, down from EUR425 million in 2014.
Romania’s long term external debt accounted for 78.2% of the total external debt and stood at EUR71.06 billion at the end of 2015, 6.3% lower compared with end-2014.
The country’s short term debt (21.8% of the total external debt) stood at EUR19.84 billion, 4.9% higher than in 2014.