At the end of November, the reserves were at EUR31.74 billion.
During 2011, Romania’s foreign exchange reserves increased by EUR0.8 billion, from EUR32.4 billion in December 2010.
Foreign exchange inflows rose to almost EUR2 billion in December 2011, from EUR1.1 billion in November, pushed by inflows from the EU and EUR400 million from the World Bank. Outflows were at EUR545 million, down from EUR1.55 billion in November.
The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price fell to EUR4.06 billion in December, from EUR4.27 billion a month earlier.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR37.25 billion at the end of 2011, compared with EUR35.9 billion a year before. In November, the total reserves amounted to EUR36.02 billion.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in January amount to EUR142 million, the central bank data showed.