The positive balance was due to narrower income and trade deficits and to a surplus in the services segment.
The services segment registered a surplus of EUR1.16 billion in the first half of 2013, compared with a deficit of EUR21 million in the same period of last year.
The income balance posted a deficit of EUR904 million in the January-June period, versus a gap of EUR1.26 billion in the year-earlier period, while the trade deficit shrank by EUR356 million year-on-year, the data showed.
The current transfer surplus narrowed to EUR1.91 billion, from EUR1.99 billion in the first six months of 2012.
Foreign direct investments were estimated at EUR666 million in the January-June period, down from EUR826 million in the corresponding months of 2012.
Romania’s total external debt reached EUR98.83 billion at the end of June, up from EUR98.96 billion in December 2012. The medium and long-term debt stood at EUR78.92 billion, while the short-term debt was EUR19.9 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.