Imports grew 17.3% to EUR6.197 billion, while exports grew at a lower rate, of 15.9%, totaling EUR5.422 billion year-on-year in January.
Compared with December 2017, imports grew 1.5% in January, while exports grew 20.7%, the data showed.
Vehicles and other transport equipment made up 48.6% of Romania’s exports and 37% of its imports in January, while other manufactured goods accounted for 32% of exports and 30.5% of imports.
The European Union remained Romania’s main trading partner in January, being the recipient of 76.5% of the country’s exports and the source of 74.1% of its imports.