The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR775 million and outflows of EUR499 million in January, the data showed.

Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.7 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold price stood at EUR3.73 billion in January, higher than the EUR3.66 billion it was worth in December.

Overall international reserves stood at EUR38.25 billion end January, from EUR37.9 billion end December.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in February 2017 amount to EUR196 million.