List of exports of Romania

Romania has a developing, upper-middle income market economy, the 17th largest in the European Union by total nominal GDP and the 11th largest based on purchasing power parity.[1] The country is a regional leader in multiple fields, such as IT and motor vehicle production.[2][3]

A chart of Romania's export products in 2017

In 2016, Romania was the 46th largest exporter of goods in the world.[4]

In 2015, Romania's largest trading partner was Germany, followed by Italy. Romania's main exports to Germany were insulated wire, cars and vehicle parts, whereas its main German imports are cars and vehicle parts. The principal Italian imports to Romania include hides, footwear parts, pharmaceuticals, telephones, and vehicle parts. Romania's chief exports to Italy included leather footwear, cars, telephones, tobacco, men's suits, seats and iron pipes.[5]

2.8% of the country's GDP is derived from agricultural activity. While Romania imports substantial quantities of grain, it is largely self-sufficient in other agricultural products and food stuffs. Food must be regulated for sale in the retail market, therefore Romania imports almost no food products from other countries. In 2006 Romania imported food products worth €2.4 billion, up almost 20% versus 2005, when imports were worth slightly more than €2 billion. The European Union is Romania's main trade partner in agri-food products. Romanian EU exports represent 64%, and imports from EU countries represent 54%. Other important partners are the Central European Free Trade Agreement countries, Turkey, Moldova and the United States.[6]

Main export goods

The following is a list of the exports of Romania. Data is for 2017, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top thirty exports are listed.[7]

Rank	Product	Value ($ billion)
1	Vehicle parts	7.09
2	Insulated wire	4.55
3	Cars	4.04
4	Refined petroleum	1.96
5	Rubber tires	1.79
6	Seats	1.72
7	Electrical control boards	1.69
8	Wheat	1.47
9	Ball bearings	0.942
10	Low-voltage protective equipment	0.941
11	Electric heaters	0.916
12	Leather footwear	0.899
13	Packaged pharmaceuticals	0.788
14	Non-knit women's suits	0.770
15	Corn	0.731
16	Rolled tobacco	0.729
17	Liquid pumps	0.718
18	Electrical lighting and signalling equipment	0.693
19	Passenger and cargo ships	0.673
20	Air pumps	0.666
21	Non-knit men's suits	0.655
22	Spark-ignition engines	0.643
23	Sunflower seeds	0.622
24	Other furniture	0.589
25	Rapeseed	0.581
26	Iron pipes	0.570
27	Telephones	0.549
28	Thermostats	0.546
29	Sawn wood	0.534
30	Engine parts	0.520

References

1. "World Economic Outlook Database October 2009 – WEO Groups and Aggregates Information". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
2. Statistic definitions
3. "BCR: Romania poate adopta euro in 2014 23904". Retrieved 16 September 2014.
4. "Country Comparison: Exports". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. "Germany remains Romania's top trading partner. Which are the others?". romania-insider.com. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
6. Romania imports agri-food products of 2.4 bn euros in 2006 – Danmarks ambassade Bukarest Archived 13 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
7. "What does Romania export?". Observatory of Economic Complexity. Retrieved 1 May 2017.