Deficitul comercial al României a crescut cu 1,4%, la 22,4 miliarde de euro, în primele opt luni

Between January and August 2026, Romania's trade balance deficit reached 22.444 billion euros, a 1.4% increase from the previous year. In August 2026, exports totaled 7.554 billion euros while imports were 10.692 billion euros, resulting in a monthly deficit of 3.138 billion euros. Year-on-year, exports rose by 11.6% and imports by 13.7%. For the first eight months of 2026, total exports were 65.825 billion euros, up 4%, and imports were 88.27 billion euros, a 3.4% increase. The intra-EU trade accounted for a significant portion of both exports and imports, while extra-EU trade also contributed notably to the overall figures. The trade balance is calculated based on the difference between FOB export values and CIF import values.