The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR853 million and outflows of EUR653 million in March, the data showed.

Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.7 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold price stood at EUR3.87 billion at the end of March, less than EUR3.94 billion it was worth in February.

Overall international reserves stood at EUR38.57 billion end March, from EUR38.43 billion end February.

Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in April 2017 amount to EUR198 million.