Exports of Romanian-made products rose 8.1% on the year to EUR16.93 billion in the January-April period, while imports advanced 7.7% to EUR18.68 billion, the data showed.
Vehicles amounted to 43.4% of overall exports and 35% of the imports in the first four months of 2014, while other manufactured items made up for 32.5% of Romanian exports and 30.1% of imports.
In April alone, the country’s trade gap widened to EUR634.6 million from EUR601 million in the same month of 2013.
Exports increased 2.2% on the year to EUR4.17 billion in April, while imports were up 2.6% to EUR4.81 billion.
Romania’s trade deficit narrowed to EUR5.7 billion in 2013, from EUR9.6 billion a year earlier.