In January - February 2014p, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 102 million as compared with a surplus of EUR 177 million in the same year ago period, amid the increase in income deficit (by EUR 195 million) and trade deficit (by EUR 28 million), as well as the decrease in current transfers surplus (by EUR 86 million).
- EUR million -
| |
January - February 2013p |
January -February 2014p |
| CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C) |
10,391 |
10,214 |
177 |
11,146 |
11,248 |
-102 |
| A. Goods and services |
9,021 |
8,849 |
172 |
9,745 |
9,571 |
174 |
| a. Goods (exports fob – imports fob)* |
7,576 |
7,749 |
-173 |
8,275 |
8,476 |
-201 |
| b. Services |
1,445 |
1,100 |
345 |
1,470 |
1,095 |
375 |
| - transport |
526 |
177 |
349 |
500 |
169 |
331 |
| - tourism-travel |
143 |
206 |
-63 |
166 |
219 |
-53 |
| - other |
776 |
717 |
59 |
804 |
707 |
97 |
| B. Income |
156 |
744 |
-588 |
170 |
953 |
-783 |
| C. Current transfers |
1,214 |
621 |
593 |
1,231 |
724 |
507 |
p provisional data
* Source: National Institute of Statistics (NIS) – International Trade of Goods. Imports FOB are calculated by the NBR based on the CIF/FOB conversion factor of 1.0430 set by the NIS.
Non-residents’ direct investment in Romania1 totalled EUR 282 million (up 35.6 percent as compared with January - February 2013), of which equity stakes amounted to EUR 375 million and intragroup loans recorded a net negative value of EUR 93 million.
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-February 2014 stood at EUR 76,555 million (81.4 percent of total external debt), down 0.4 percent from end-2013.
Short-term external debt at end-February 2014 totalled EUR 17,530 million (18.6 percent of total external debt), down 8.5 percent from end-2013.
1 Estimates.
Romania's external debt at end-February 2014*
and external debt service in January - February 2014
- EUR million -
| |
External debt |
External debt service
January - February 2014p |
| End-2013p |
End-February 2014p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt |
76,894 |
76,555 |
3,774 |
| I.1. Direct public debta) o/w: |
28,347 |
29,042 |
1,163 |
| I.1.1. IMF borrowings |
1,121 |
972 |
161 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb) |
1,229 |
1,202 |
22 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt |
36,157 |
35,959 |
1,354 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents |
6,453 |
6,503 |
325e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc) |
4,708 |
3,849 |
910 |
| II. Short-term external debt |
19,166 |
17,530 |
6,243e |
| Total external debt (I+II) |
96,060 |
94,085 |
10,017 |
*) 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 governments in compliance with the legislation on public debt, including Government Emergency Ordinance No. 99/2009 ratifying the Stand-By Arrangement between Romania and the IMF;
b) external loans guaranteed by the Ministry of Public Finance and local governments in compliance with the legislation on public debt;
c) loans 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 No. 99/2009 (item I.1.1. in the table above).
e - estimates p - provisional data
Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio ran at 38.7 percent in the first two months of 2014 against 41.9 percent in 2013. At end-February 2014, goods and services import cover stood at 7.3 months as compared with 7 months at end-2013.
Methodological Notes
- According to the European and international statistical standards, starting with 2013, the National Bank of Romania, in co-operation with the National Institute of Statistics, has implemented a quarterly Survey on International Trade in Services, with the aim at directly collecting statistical data regarding international trade in services from resident reporting entities (institutions, enterprises, organisations, NGOs, associations etc.) that sell/buy international services to/from non-residents.
The data resulted from the Survey are used to revise the quarterly balance of services included in the balance-of-payments current account, which is compiled quarterly on the basis of the data on the international transactions reported by the credit institutions on own behalf, as well as on behalf of their clients.
- External debt service ratio is calculated as a ratio of medium- and long-term external debt service to exports of goods and services.
- Import cover is calculated as a ratio of the international reserves (foreign exchange + gold) at end of period to average monthly imports of goods and services for the period under review.
- Balance of payments data are updated on a monthly basis; updates are available in the Interactive database.