The positive current account balance was due to narrower income and trade deficits and to a surplus in the services segment.
The services segment registered a surplus of EUR721 million in the first four months of 2013, compared with a deficit of EUR130 million in the same period of last year.
The income balance posted a deficit of EUR674 million in the January-April period, versus a gap of EUR874 million in the year-earlier period, while the trade deficit shrank by EUR975 million year-on-year, the data showed.
Also, the current transfer surplus narrowed to EUR963 million, from EUR1.4 billion in the first four months of 2012.
Foreign direct investments were estimated at EUR322 million in the January-April period, down from EUR494 million in the corresponding months of 2012.
Romania’s total external debt reached EUR100.9 billion at the end of April, up from EUR98.96 billion in December 2012. The medium and long-term debt stood at EUR80.3 billion, while the short-term debt was EUR20.6 billion.
Romania’s current account deficit narrowed to EUR5.04 billion in 2012, from a gap of EUR5.94 billion a year earlier, largely due to reduced income and trade deficits.