Romania’s trade deficit (FOB/CIF) deepened in the first half of 2025, reaching 16.712 billion EUR, by 1.618 billion EUR (+10.7pct) higher than the one registered between January 1 and June 30, 2024, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS) data published on Monday.

FOB exports totalled 47.676 billion EUR between January 1 and June 30, 2025, while CIF imports reached 64.389 billion EUR. Basically, between January 1 and June 30, 2025, exports rose by 3.1pct, and imports by 4.9pct compared to the same period of last year.

Important shares in the structure of exports and imports in the first half of the year were held by the following product groups: cars and transport equipment (47.3pct for exports and 36.2pct for imports) and other manufactured goods (27.6pct for exports and 28.1pct for imports).

In June 2025, Romania’s FOB exports totaled 8.218 billion EUR, while CIF imports reached 10.592 billion EUR, resulting in a trade deficit of 2.374 billion EUR. Compared to June 2024, exports increased by 6.3pct, while imports increased by 0.6pct.

The value of intra-EU27 trade in goods between January 1 and June 30, 2025, stood at 34.167 billion EUR for dispatches and 46.553 billion EUR for arrivals, representing 71.7pct of total exports and 72.3pct of total imports.

In terms of Extra-EU27 trade during the same period amounted to 13.509 billion EUR in exports and 17.836 billion EUR in imports, making up 28.3pct of total exports and 27.7pct of total imports.

AGERPRES