The trade gap reached EUR208.2 million in February, down from EUR300.8 million a month earlier and from EUR509.3 million in February 2012.
Exports rose 10% on the year to EUR3.87 billion in February, while imports were up 1.3% to EUR4.08 billion, the data showed.
In January through February, Romania’s trade deficit improved to EUR508.4 million, from EUR969.5 million in the first two months of 2012.
Exports increased 8.1% year-on-year to EUR7.57 billion, while imports advanced 1.3% to EUR8.08 billion.
Vehicles amounted to 42.4% of overall exports and 34.4% of the imports in the January-February period, while other manufactured items made up for 34% of Romanian exports and 29.6% of imports, the data showed.
Romania’s trade deficit narrowed to EUR9.6 billion in 2012, from EUR9.67 billion a year earlier.