In January-September 2009, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 3,313 million, 74.6 percent lower than in the same period of 2008, due largely to the narrower trade deficit (EUR 4,769 million, down 67.3 percent year on year).
- EUR million -
| |
January-September 2008* |
January-September 2009** |
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C)
| 40,765 |
53,808 |
-13,043 |
32,232 |
35,545 |
-3,313 |
| A. Goods and services
| 32,362 |
46,590 |
-14,228 |
26,276 |
31,239 |
-4,963 |
| a. Goods (exports fob - imports fob)***
| 25,935 |
40,533 |
-14,598 |
21,182 |
25,951 |
-4,769 |
| b. Services
| 6,427 |
6,057 |
370 |
5,094 |
5,288 |
-194 |
| - transport
| 1,978 |
2,069 |
-91 |
1,467 |
1,444 |
23 |
| - tourism - travel
| 1,001 |
1,137 |
-136 |
702 |
757 |
-55 |
| - other
| 3,448 |
2,851 |
597 |
2,925 |
3,087 |
-162 |
| B. Incomes
| 1,678 |
5,122 |
-3,444 |
877 |
2,484 |
-1,607 |
| C. Current transfers
| 6,725 |
2,096 |
4,629 |
5,079 |
1,822 |
3,257 |
* revised data
** provisional data
*** Source: National Institute of Statistics (NIS); imports FOB are calculated based on CIF/FOB conversion coefficient of 1.0834 set by the NIS.
Non-residents’ direct investment in Romania worth EUR 3,525 million (as compared with EUR 6,994 million over January-September 2008) entirely covered the current account deficit in the first nine months of 2009. During January-September 2009, out of the total of EUR 3,525 million, intra-group loans1 amounted to EUR 1,774 million (as compared with EUR 2,417 million over January-September 2008) and equity stakes (including reinvested earnings) to EUR 1,751 million (as compared with EUR 4,577 million over January-September 2008).
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-September 2009 added 22.2 percent against end-2008 to EUR 62,863 million (80.5 percent of total external debt).
Short-term external debt at end-September 2009 totalled EUR 15,262 million (19.5 percent of total external debt), down 25.9 percent from year-end 2008.
Romania's external debt at end-September 2009* and external debt service in January-September 2009
- EUR million -
|
| Total external debt balance
| External debt service
January-September
2009p |
| End-2008r |
End-September 2009p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt
| 51,440
| 62,863
| 7,202 |
| I.1. Direct public debta)
| 9,010
| 11,204
| 944 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb)
| 1,720
| 1,557
| 267 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt
| 35,243
| 37,271
| 4,526 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents
| 5,467
| 7,189
| 1,416e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc)
| -
| 5,642
| 49 |
| II. Short-term external debt
| 20,592
| 15,262
| 25,385e |
| Total external debt (I+II)
| 72,032
| 78,125
| 32,587 |
*) The balance of external debt is cash-based (excluding unmatured accrued interest). IMF's SDR allocations are not included.
a) external loans taken directly by the Ministry of Public Finance and local general government in compliance with the legislation on public debt, including Government Emergency Ordinance 99/2009 ratifying the “Stand-by” Arrangement between Romania and the IMF.
b) external loans guaranteed by the Ministry of Public Finance and local general government in compliance with the legislation on public debt
c) under the Stand-By Arrangement concluded with the IMF, excluding the amount received by the MPF from the IMF according to Government Emergency Ordinance 99/2009.
r - revised data
p - provisional data
e - estimates
Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio2 ran at 27.4 percent in the first nine months of 2009, compared to 31.5 percent in 2008. At end-September 2009, goods and services import cover3 stood at 8.8 months versus 5.6 months at year-end 2008.
Notes:
- Loans between the foreign investor and the resident company.
- External debt service ratio is computed as a ratio of medium- and long-term external debt service to exports of goods and services.
- Import cover is computed as a ratio of the NBR's official reserves (foreign exchange + gold) at end of period to average monthly imports of goods and services for the period under review.