Romania's Trade Deficit Increased by 3.6%, to 25.5 Billion Euros in Nine Months. How Exports and Imports Evolved
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The deficit of the trade balance (FOB/CIF) between 1 January and 30 September was 25.53 billion euros, increasing by 883.7 million euros (3.6%), compared to the similar period of 2025, announces the National Institute of Statistics (INS). FOB exports amounted to 75.27 billion euros, 4.3% more than the first nine months of 2025, and CIF imports amounted to 100.8 billion euros, 4.1% more than the similar interval of 2025. At the same time, in Sept…
Romania's trade deficit reached 25.537 billion euros in the period January-September 2026, an increase of 883.7 million euros, or 3.6%, compared to the same period in 2025, according to data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Exports grow, but massive imports keep Romania down. Machines and transport equipment dominate trade, while the bill for goods brought from abroad continues to swell.
The Leader of Senators AUR, Petrișor Peiu, warns of an unprecedented economic situation in Romania, in which the recession overlaps with the deepening of the trade deficit. The Senator claims that the collapse of consumption and the decrease of domestic production, on the basis of the cost of energy and tax increases, led to the increase of the trade deficit by 900 million euros in the first nine months of 2026.
Petrișor Peiu, number two of the AUR party, draws attention, on Tuesday 10 November, in a Facebook post, that, although Romania is in a technical recession, and the purchasing power has collapsed, the trade deficit has recorded a fabulous increase, as Eurostat data also shows. But it analyzes and what has generated this phenomenon, which has not been met in the country [...]
Romania's trade deficit exceeded 25.5 billion euros in the first nine months of 2026: Imports continue to advance exports Romania's trade deficit exceeded 25.5 billion euros in the first nine months of 2026: Imports continue to advance exports Romania's trade deficit reached 25.537 billion euros in the first nine months of 2026, up 3.6% from the same period last year, according to data published months by [...] Romania's trade deficit exceeded 2…
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