At the end of July, the central bank’s foreign exchange holdings stood at EUR29.15 billion, from EUR30.11 billion in the previous month.
In July, the country registered foreign currency inflows of EUR763 million, down from EUR1.77 billion the month before.
Outflows totaled EUR1.72 billion, including the repayment of EUR925.7 million Eurobond that fell due on July 29. The country also reimbursed EUR243 million to the International Monetary Fund, a tranche of the loan taken in 2009.
The central bank’s gold holdings were steady at 103.7 metric tons, but their value adjusted for international gold price went down to EUR3.29 billion, from EUR3.51 billion in June.
Romania’s overall international reserves were at EUR33.44 billion in July, from EUR33.62 billion in the previous month.
The payments due on public and publicly guaranteed external debt until the end of 2015 amount to some EUR1.13 billion, the data showed.