Imports grew 10.1% on the year in January-February 2019, to EUR13.816 billion, while exports grew just 4.8%, totaling EUR11.4 billion.
In February 2019, exports grew 8% to EUR5.89 billion, and imports grew 11.1% to EUR7.04 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of EUR1.152 billion.
In the first two months of 2019, vehicles and other transport equipment made up 48.4% of Romania’s exports and 36.8% of its imports, while other manufactured goods accounted for 32% of exports and 30.1% of imports.
The European Union remained Romania’s main trading partner in the first two months of 2019, being the source of 74.5% of the country’s imports and receiving 77.9% of its exports.