Imports grew 12.4% in January-October, to EUR62.56 billion, while exports grew at a lower rate, of 9.6%, totaling EUR52.36 billion.
Vehicles and other transport equipment made up 46.5% of Romania’s exports and 37.2% of its imports in the first ten months of 2017, while other manufactured goods accounted for 33.5% of exports and 31% of imports.
The European Union remained Romania’s main trading partner in January-October 2017, being the source of 75.9% of the country’s imports and receiving 75.9% of its exports.
In October alone, imports grew 16.7% compared with October 2016, to EUR7.08 billion, while exports grew 13.3%, to EUR5.76 billion, resulting in a trade gap of EUR1.31 billion, the data showed.