The country had foreign currency inflows of EUR656 million and outflows of EUR801 million, the data showed.
Romania’s gold reserve remained steady at 103.7 metric tons and its value adjusted for international gold price stood at EUR3.66 billion in December, lower than the EUR3.73 billion it was worth in November.
Overall international reserves stood at EUR37.9 billion end December, from EUR38.12 billion end November, and EUR35.48 billion at the end of December 2015.
Payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in January 2017 amount to EUR138 million.