The trade deficit narrowed 12.7% on the year in the first ten months to EUR4.2 billion.
Foreign direct investments, which stood at EUR1.3 billion, covered 31.9% of the country’s current account deficit in the analyzed period.
Romania’s total external debt reached EUR96.9 billion at the end of September, up from EUR92.4 billion in December 2010, the data showed.
The medium and long-term debt stood at EUR74.8 billion, from EUR72.9 billion at the end of 2010. The short-term debt was at EUR22.1 billion, up from EUR19.5 billion in December last year.
Romania’s current account deficit widened 5% to EUR5.16 billion in 2010, from a gap of EUR4.91 billion in the previous year, due to the lower current transfers surplus and an increasing deficit of the income balance.