Foreign exchange inflows increased to EUR2.51 billion in April, from EUR1.73 billion in the previous month, while total outflows fell to EUR1.34 billion, from EUR2.1 billion in March.
The higher inflows were largely due to changes in the forex reserve requirements of credit institutions, the central bank said. The figure also includes EUR1.25 billion raised at an international Eurobond sale April 15.
The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price declined to EUR3.11 billion, from EUR3.13 billion in March.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR35.55 billion in April, up from EUR34.41 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in May amount to some EUR2.37 billion, the data showed.