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Balance of Payments in January - October 2004

20.12.2004

January through October 2004, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 2,634 million, widening by 22.3 percent from the same period a year earlier.

- EUR mill. -
  1 January - 31 October 2003 1 January - 31 October 2004*
CREDIT DEBIT BALANCE CREDIT DEBIT BALANCE
CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C) 17,045 19,198 -2,153 20,426 23,060 -2,634
A. Goods and services 15,213 18,157 -2,944 18,049 21,870 -3,821
  a. Goods (exports fob - imports fob) 13,004 15,976 -2,972 15,709 19,403 -3,694
  b. Services 2,209 2,181 28 2,340 2,467 -127
        - transport 881 807 74 1,018 969 49
        - tourism - travel 320 389 -69 346 378 -32
        - other 1,008 985 23 976 1,120 -144
B. Incomes 241 795 -554 257 875 -618
C. Current transfers 1,591 246 1,345 2,120 315 1,805

* provisional data

Medium- and long-term external debt, at end-October 2004 amounted to EUR 17,516 million, 11.7 percent higher than at end-2003.

Public and publicly guaranteed external debt equalled EUR 10,197 million at end-October 2004, accounting for 58.2 percent of medium- and long-term debt as compared to 61.7 percent at end-2003. External private debt ran at EUR 7,319 million, up 21.8 percent versus end-2003.

Romania's medium- and long-term external debt* at end-October 2004 (by debtor)
and debt service during January through October 2004
- EUR mill. -
Type of debt Balance 31.12.2003 Balance 31.10.2004** Debt service** 1.01-31.10.2004
I. PUBLIC DEBT 6,470 6,539 635
II. PUBLICLY GUARANTEED DEBT 3,204 3,658 845
III. PRIVATE DEBT 6,007 7,319 1,332
TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT 15,681 17,516 2,812

* external debt resulting from external loans and credits, bonds a.s.o.

** provisional data

January through October 2004 external debt service ratio stood at 19 percent as compared to 20.6 percent in 2003.

At end-October 2004, import cover rose to 5 months of imports against 4.1 months of imports at end-2003.


Notes:

  1. External debt balance is subject to monthly revision.
  2. External debt service ratio is computed as a ratio between medium- and long-term external debt service and exports of goods and services.
  3. Import cover is computed as a ratio between official reserves of the NBR (foreign exchange + gold) at the end of period and average imports of goods and services for the period under review.