In 2009, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 5,054 million, 68.7 percent lower than in 2008, due largely to the narrower trade deficit (EUR 6,754 million, down 64.7 percent year on year).
- EUR million -
| |
2008* |
2009** |
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C) |
53,582 |
69,739 |
-16,157 |
43,833 |
48,887 |
-5,054 |
| A. Goods and services |
42,479 |
60,929 |
-18,450 |
36,036 |
43,057 |
-7,021 |
| a. Goods (exports fob - imports fob)*** |
33,725 |
52,834 |
-19,109 |
29,036 |
35,790 |
-6,754 |
| b. Services |
8,754 |
8,095 |
659 |
7,000 |
7,267 |
-267 |
| - transport |
2,684 |
2,697 |
-13 |
2,067 |
1,995 |
72 |
| - tourism - travel |
1,358 |
1,477 |
-119 |
882 |
1,053 |
-171 |
| - other |
4,712 |
3,921 |
791 |
4,051 |
4,219 |
-168 |
| B. Incomes |
2,268 |
5,951 |
-3,683 |
1,159 |
3,290 |
-2,131 |
| C. Current transfers |
8,835 |
2,859 |
5,976 |
6,638 |
2,540 |
4,098 |
* 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 4,899 million (as compared with EUR 9,496 million in 2008) covered 96.9 percent of the current account deficit in 2009. During 2009, out of the above-mentioned amount, equity stakes (including reinvested earnings) stood at EUR 3,065 million (as compared with EUR 4,873 million in 2008) and intra-group loans1 at EUR 1,834 million (compared with EUR 4,623 million in 2008).
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-2009 added 24.0 percent against end-2008 to EUR 64,208 million (81.6 percent of total external debt).
Short-term external debt at end-2009 totalled EUR 14, 448 million (18.4 percent of total external debt), down 29.8 percent from year-end 2008.
Romania's external debt at end-2009* and external debt service in 2009
- EUR million -
|
| External debt balance
| External debt service
2009p |
| End-2008r |
End-2009p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt |
51,762 |
64,208 |
11,391 |
| I.1. Direct public debta) |
9,028 |
11,975 |
1,360 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb) |
1,721 |
1,520 |
345 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt |
35,546 |
37,785 |
7,388 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents |
5,467 |
7,242 |
2,197e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc) |
- |
5,686 |
101 |
| II. Short-term external debt |
20,592 |
14,448 |
32,697e |
| Total external debt (I+II) |
72,354 |
78,656 |
44,088 |
*) The balance of external debt is cash-based (excluding unmatured accrued interest); the 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 Ministry of Public Finance from the IMF according to Government Emergency Ordinance 99/2009.
e- estimates
p - provisional data
r - revised data
Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio2 ran at 31.6 percent in 2009, compared to 30.7 percent in 2008. At end-2009, goods and services import cover3 stood at 8.6 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.