FX.co ★ Romania Trade Deficit Narrows in October

In October 2025, Romania experienced a reduction in its trade deficit, decreasing to EUR 3 billion from EUR 3.7 billion in October of the previous year. This favorable movement was attributed to a 5.1% annual increase in exports, which reached EUR 8.9 billion. This growth was chiefly fueled by a 3.9% rise in sales to European Union countries and an 8.4% surge in sales to non-EU countries. Concurrently, imports decreased by 2.4%, totaling EUR 11.9 billion, primarily due to an 11.1% decline in purchases from non-EU countries. This reduction outweighed the 1.1% increase in imports from EU countries.

Over the first ten months of the year, the trade deficit expanded slightly to EUR 27.5 billion, up from EUR 27.2 billion during the same period the previous year. Despite this widening gap, exports experienced a 4.3% increase, amounting to EUR 81.1 billion. This growth was supported by a rise in sales of machinery and transport equipment (3.4%) and food and live animals (13.7%). On the import side, there was a 3.4% increase to EUR 108.5 billion, propelled by a higher acquisition of machinery and transport equipment (3.9%) and manufactured goods primarily classified by raw materials (2.5%).