In January-August 2011 the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 3,296 million, 19.7 percent lower than in the same year-ago period, due mainly to the decrease in trade deficit by 11.6 percent and the increase in current transfers surplus by 20.1 percent (on the back of net transfers to the general government).
- EUR million -
| |
January-August 2010r |
January-August 2011p |
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C)
| 31,895
| 35,998
| -4,103
| 38,526
| 41,822
| -3,296 |
| A. Goods and services
| 27,623
| 32,010
| -4,387
| 34,060
| 38,205
| -3,965 |
| a. Goods (exports fob – imports fob)s
| 23,403
| 27,274
| -3,871
| 29,267
| 32,689
| -3,422 |
| b. Services
| 4,220
| 4,736
| -516
| 4,793
| 5,336
| -543 |
| - transport
| 1,236
| 1,352
| -116
| 1,454
| 1,661
| -207 |
| - tourism-travel
| 566
| 797
| -231
| 665
| 934
| -269 |
| - other
| 2,418
| 2,587
| -169
| 2,674
| 2,741
| -67 |
| B. Incomes
| 614
| 2,157
| -1,543
| 753
| 2,279
| -1,526 |
| C. Current transfers
| 3,658
| 1,831
| 1,827
| 3,713
| 1,518
| 2,195 |
r - revised data
p - provisional data
s - 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 1,126 million1 (down 52 percent as compared to January-August 2010) covered 34.2 percent of the current account deficit in January-August 2011. Out of the total figure, equity stakes consolidated with the estimated net loss amounted to EUR 1,021 million and intra-group loans2 totalled EUR 105 million.
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-August 2011 stood at EUR 75,612 million (78.2 percent of total external debt), 3.7 percent above the level recorded at end-2010.
Short-term external debt at end-August 2011 totalled EUR 21,086 million (21.8 percent of total external debt), up 7.8 percent from end-2010.
Romania's external debt at end-August 2011*
and external debt service in January-August 2011
- EUR million -
| |
External debt |
External debt service
January-August 2011p |
| End-2010r |
End-August 2011p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt
| 72,910
| 75,612
| 7,772 |
| I.1. Direct public debta)
| 16,158
| 18,551
| 1,455 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb)
| 1,708
| 1,540
| 167 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt
| 37,733
| 37,245
| 5,115 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents
| 8,228
| 8,647
| 833e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc)
| 9,083
| 9,629
| 202 |
| II. Short-term external debt
| 19,550
| 21,086
| 16,252e |
| Total external debt (I+II)
| 92,460
| 96,698
| 24,024 |
*) 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 ratio3 ran at 22.8 percent in January-August 2011, against 33.4 percent in 2010. At end-August 2011, goods and services import cover4 stood at 7.7 months, as compared to 8.6 months at end-2010.
Notes:
- Estimated data
- Loans between parent company and its resident branch.
- 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.