Balance of Payments in January-August 2008
13.10.2008
In January-August 2008, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 10,006 million, 1.6 percent higher compared to January-August 2007, due largely to the wider trade deficit (EUR 11,714 million), up 8.1 percent from the same period of last year. Export growth outpaced import growth January through August 2008 by 3.7 percentage points.
- EUR million -
| |
January - August 2007* |
January - August 2008** |
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET
| CREDIT
| DEBIT
| NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C)
| 30,591
| 40,444
| -9,853
| 36,077
| 46,083
| -10,006
|
| A. Goods and services
| 24,179
| 34,587
| -10,408
| 28,463
| 39,489
| -11,026
|
| a. Goods (exports fob - imports fob)***
| 19,130
| 29,963
| -10,833
| 22,637
| 34,351
| -11,714
|
| b. Services
| 5,049
| 4,624
| 425
| 5,826
| 5,138
| 688
|
| - transport
| 1,292
| 1,513
| -221
| 1,887
| 1,757
| 130
|
| - tourism - travel
| 704
| 705
| -1
| 943
| 1,110
| -167
|
| - other
| 3,053
| 2,406
| 647
| 2,996
| 2,271
| 725
|
| B. Incomes
| 1,660
| 4,523
| -2,863
| 1,490
| 4,870
| -3,380
|
| C. Current transfers
| 4,752
| 1,334
| 3,418
| 6,124
| 1,724
| 4,400 |
* revised data
** provisional data
*** Source: National Institute of Statistics; imports fob are calculated based on CIF/FOB conversion coefficient of 1.0834 set by the NIS.
Foreign direct investment worth EUR 6,502 million covered 65 percent of the current account deficit in January-August 2008. Equity stakes and reinvested earnings accounted for 53.3 percent of the total figure, with intra-group loans 1 making up 46.7 percent.
Medium- and long-term external debt2 at end-August 2008 added 23.3 percent against end-2007 to EUR 47,461 million.
Public and publicly guaranteed external debt at end-August 2008 totalled EUR 10,635 million, accounting for 22.4 percent of medium- and long-term external debt, compared with 26.5 percent at end-2007.
Non-publicly guaranteed external debt came in at EUR 30,646 million at end-August 2008, rising 22.3 percent from year-end 2007.
Romania's medium- and long-term external debt at end-August 2008* and external debt service in January - August 2008
- EUR million -
| |
Medium- and long-term external debt |
External debt service January - August 2008p |
| Balance at end-2007r |
Balance at end-August 2008p |
| 1. DIRECT PUBLIC DEBTa) |
8,180
| 8,769
| 1,415
|
2. PUBLICLY GUARANTEED DEBTb),
of which: |
2,038
| 1,866
| 256
|
| - public sectorc)
| 1,987
| 1,826
| 246
|
| - private sectord)
| 51
| 40
| 10
|
| 3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt |
25,050
| 30,646
| 4,366
|
| 4. External debt (1+2+3) |
35,268
| 41,281
| 6,037 |
| 5. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents |
3,219
| 6,180
| 877e |
| Total external debt (4+5) |
38,487
| 47,461
| 6,914 |
*) The balance of medium- and long-term external debt is cash-based (not including unmatured accrued interest).
a) external loans taken directly by the Ministry of Economy and Finance/local general government in compliance with the legislation on public debt
b) external loans guaranteed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance/local general government in compliance with the legislation on public debt
c) financial and non-financial corporations with majority state-owned capital
d) financial and non-financial corporations with majority private capital
r - revised data
p - provisional data
e - estimates
goods and services import cover4 stood at 5.6 months versus 6 months at year-end 2007.
Notes:
- Loans between the foreign investor and the resident firm.
- External debt balance is subject to monthly revision.
- 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