In January – August 2013p, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 160 million as compared with a deficit of EUR 4,230 million in the first eight months of 2012, due to the decrease in trade deficit (by EUR 2,627 million) and income deficit (by EUR 409 million), as well as the increase in services surplus (by EUR 1,195 million1).
- EUR million -
| |
January - August 2012p |
January - August 2013p |
| CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
CREDIT |
DEBIT |
NET |
| CURRENT ACCOUNT (A+B+C) |
39,978 |
44,208 |
-4,230 |
43,805 |
43,965 |
-160 |
| A. Goods and services |
34,995 |
39,315 |
-4,320 |
38,776 |
39,274 |
-498 |
| a. Goods (exports fob – imports fob)* |
29,686 |
34,581 |
-4,895 |
32,024 |
34,292 |
-2,268 |
| b. Services |
5,309 |
4,734 |
575 |
6,752 |
4,982 |
1,770 |
| - transport |
1,629 |
871 |
758 |
2,411 |
864 |
1,547 |
| - tourism-travel |
755 |
933 |
-178 |
819 |
1,041 |
-222 |
| - other |
2,925 |
2,930 |
-5 |
3,522 |
3,077 |
445 |
| B. Incomes |
924 |
3,290 |
-2,366 |
819 |
2,776 |
-1,957 |
| C. Current transfers |
4,059 |
1,603 |
2,456 |
4,210 |
1,915 |
2,295 |
p provisional data
1 Data for 2013 H1 have been revised to incorporate the results of the first quarterly Survey on International Trade in Services (see Methodological Notes).
* 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 Romania2 totalled EUR 1,118 million (down 35.9 percent as compared with January - August 20123), of which intragroup loans amounted to EUR 339 million and equity stakes consolidated with the estimated net loss to EUR 779 million.
Medium- and long-term external debt at end-August 2013 stood at EUR 77,577 million (79.8 percent of total external debt), 1.5 percent below the level recorded at end-2012.
Short-term external debt at end-August 2013 totalled EUR 19,681 million (20.2 percent of total external debt), down 5.9 percent from end-2012.
2 Estimates
3 Revised data according to the results of the Survey on Foreign Direct Investment in 2012.
Romania's external debt at end-August 2013*
and external debt service in January - August 2013
- EUR million -
| |
External debt |
External debt service
January - August 2013p |
| End-2012p |
End-August 2013p |
| I. Medium- and long-term external debt |
78,760 |
77,577 |
15,392 |
| I.1. Direct public debta) o/w: |
23,755 |
26,930 |
2,955 |
| I.1.1. IMF borrowings |
2,144 |
1,548 |
605 |
| I.2. Publicly guaranteed debtb) |
1,424 |
1,294 |
135 |
| I.3. Non-publicly guaranteed debt |
37,182 |
36,619 |
7,278 |
| I.4. Medium- and long-term deposits of non-residents |
7,745 |
6,672 |
2,418e |
| I.5. IMF borrowingsc) |
8,654 |
6,062 |
2,606 |
| II. Short-term external debt |
20,921 |
19,681 |
20,719e |
| Total external debt (I+II) |
99,681 |
97,258 |
36,111 |
*) 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 above table).
e - estimates p - provisional data
Medium- and long-term external debt service ratio ran at 39.7 percent in the first eight months of 2013, against 34.9 percent in 2012. At end-August 2013, goods and services import cover stood at 7.3 months, as compared with 7.1 months at end-2012.
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.