The country’s trade deficit was of EUR4.86 billion in January-October 2014, from EUR4.82 billion a year earlier.
Exports of Romanian-made products rose 6.8% on the year to EUR44 billion in the first ten months, while imports grew 6.2% to EUR48.86 billion, the data showed.
Vehicles amounted to 42.1% of overall exports and 35.2% of the imports in analyzed period, while other manufactured items made up for 32.9% of Romanian exports and 30.9% of imports.
In October alone, the country’s trade gap narrowed to EUR586.6 million from EUR644.5 million in the same month of 2013.
Compared with September, exports rose 0.6% to EUR4.93 billion, while imports were up 2.1% on the month to EUR5.5 billion.
The exports rose 4.9% compared with October 2013, while imports were up 2.9% on the year.
Romania’s trade deficit narrowed to EUR5.7 billion in 2013, from EUR9.6 billion a year earlier.