The ten counties at the bottom of the export ranking accounted for only 3.5% of the total or EUR1.9 billion.
Exports of goods barely reached more than EUR50 million in Gorj and Giurgiu, and ten other counties are unable to export at least EUR300 million worth a year together.
How exports vary from county to county can be best seen in two neighboring counties, Timis and Caras Severin. Timis exported EUR5.2 billion worth, while Caras Severin only EUR300 million, according to the National Statistics Institute data.
All the counties by the western border of Romania, Bihor, Arad and Timis are among the top ten exporters, while Caras Severin and neighboring Mehedinti are among the bottom ten.
Exports of Bucharest, where most exporters are based, stood at EUR9.4 billion in 2015, 17% of the total and almost 10% up on 2014. Arges County exports reached more than EUR5 billion, but that was mostly because of Renault-owned Automobile Dacia and its suppliers.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)