In January - February 2013p, the balance-of-payments current account posted a surplus of EUR 327 million as compared with a deficit of EUR 657 million in the first two months of 2012, due to the decrease in trade balance and income deficits (by EUR 465 million and EUR 64 million respectively), to services going into surplus (EUR 152 million, from a deficit of EUR 116 million) and to the increase in current transfers surplus by EUR 187 million - primarily on account of general government net transfers.
- EUR million -
| |
January-February 2012p |
January-February 2013p |
| CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C) |
9,165 |
9,822 |
-657 |
9,998 |
9,671 |
327 |
| A. Goods and services |
8,015 |
8,771 |
-756 |
8,645 |
8,668 |
-23 |
| a. Goods (exports fob – imports fob)* |
7,009 |
7,649 |
-640 |
7,575 |
7,750 |
-175 |
| b. Services |
1,006 |
1,122 |
-116 |
1,070 |
918 |
152 |
| - transport |
267 |
199 |
68 |
322 |
186 |
136 |
| - tourism-travel |
148 |
189 |
-41 |
166 |
207 |
-41 |
| - other |
591 |
734 |
-143 |
582 |
525 |
57 |
| B. Incomes |
187 |
461 |
-274 |
150 |
360 |
-210 |
| C. Current transfers |
963 |
590 |
373 |
1,203 |
643 |
560 |
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 Romania totalled EUR 163 million1 (as compared with EUR 192 million in January-February 2012), of which intragroup loans amounted to EUR 94 million and equity stakes consolidated with the estimated net loss to EUR 69 million.
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-February 2013 stood at EUR 80,754 million (80.5 percent of total external debt), 2.6 percent above the level recorded at end-2012.
Short-term external debt at end-February 2013 totalled EUR 19,623 million (19.5 percent of total external debt), down 3.1 percent from end-2012.
Romania's external debt at end-February 2013*
and external debt service in January-February 2013
- EUR million -
| |
External debt |
External debt service
January-February 2013p |
| End-2012p |
End-February 2013p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt |
78,717 |
80,754 |
2,983 |
| I.1. Direct public debta) o/w: |
23,696 |
27,003 |
390 |
| I.1.1. IMF borrowings |
2,144 |
2,125 |
17 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb) |
1,426 |
1,397 |
29 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt |
37,130 |
36,824 |
1,410 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents |
7,810 |
7,585 |
468e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc) |
8,655 |
7,945 |
686 |
| II. Short-term external debt |
20,251 |
19,623 |
5,157e |
| Total external debt (I+II) |
98,968 |
100,377 |
8,140 |
*) 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) 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 above table).
e - estimates p - provisional data
Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio2 ran at 34.5 percent in the first two months of 2013, against 33.5 percent in 2012. At end-February 2013, goods and services import cover3 stood at 8.4 months, as compared with 7.1 months at end-2012.
Notes:
- Estimates.
- 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.