Foreign exchange inflows declined to EUR864 million in March, from EUR2.16 billion in February, while total outflows fell to EUR825 million, versus EUR1.44 billion in the previous month.
Outflows included the equivalent of around EUR249 million representing the payment of the fifth principal installment and interest on Romania’s EUR12.95 billion loan signed with the International Monetary Fund in 2009.
The bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price rose to EUR4.17 billion, from EUR4.05 billion in February.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR36.38 billion in March, up from EUR36.25 billion a month earlier.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt in April amount to EUR186.7 million, the data showed.