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Trade deficit totaled EUR 3.64 bn in five months, down EUR 297 mn

FOB-CIF commercial deficit was 15.136 billion lei (3.642 billion euros) in the first five months of the year, down 1.132 billion lei (297.2 million euros) as compared to that recorded during the similar period in 2010, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

FOB exports achieved in the period January 1 to May 31, 2011 increased 33.8 percent in leu-denominated values (32 percent in euro-denominated values) from the same period in 2010, reaching 76.261 billion lei (18,229 million euros), while CIF imports totaled 91.397 billion lei CIF (21.871 billion euros). Compared with same period of 2010, imports increased by 24.7 percent in leu-denominated values (23.2 percent in euro-denominated values).

The value of intra-community goods exchange between January 1 to May 31, 2011 has exceeded 54.736 billion lei (13.106 billion euros) as for outflows and 64.964 billion lei (15.574 billion euros) for inflows, accounting for 71.8 percent of total exports and 71.1 percent of total imports.

The difference between the dynamics calculated based on the leu-denominated values and that calculated in euro-denominated values was determined by the exchange rate variation against the euro in the examined period of 2011 compared to same period of 2010.

In the first five months, important weights in the structure of exports and imports were held by the following groups of products: machines and transport equipment (42.2 percent as for exports and 33.8 percent - imports) and other manufactured goods) (33.3 percent as for exports and 30.3 percent respectively for imports).

Compared to April 2011, exports in May 2011 increased by 12.9 percent in leu-denominated values (13.0 percent in euro-denominated values) and imports increased by 13.1 percent in leu-denominated values ( 13.2 percent in euro-denominated values).

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