Imports grew 7.1% on the year, totaling EUR45.9 billion in the first ten months, while exports grew 4.3%, to EUR52.3 billion.
Vehicles and other transport equipment made up 44.2% of Romania’s exports and 36.9% of its imports, while other manufactured goods accounted for 32.9% of exports and 31.3 of imports.
The European Union remained Romania’s main trading partner, being the source of 77% of the country’s imports and receiving 73.8% of its exports.
Exports in October grew 1.5% compared with September, while imports grew 3.8%, the data showed.
In October alone, the trade gap stood at EUR879.1 million, as exports totaled nearly EUR5 billion and imports totaled EUR5.87 billion.