Imports grew 6.4% in the first ten months, to EUR55.66 billion, while exports grew at a lower rate, of 4.1%, totaling EUR47.76 billion.
Vehicles and other transport equipment made up 47.1% of Romania’s exports and 37.9% of its imports in the first ten months, while other manufactured goods accounted for 32.7% of exports and 31.3% of imports.
The European Union remained Romania’s main trading partner, being the source of 77.3% of the country’s imports and receiving 75.3% of its exports.
In October alone, imports grew 3.3% compared with October 2015, to EUR6.06 billion, while exports grew 2%, to EUR5.09 billion, resulting in a trade gap of EUR971 million, the data showed.