Romanian companies continue to sell medicines and other products in Russia / Trade has decreased a lot, but it has not disappeared

2023-08-22 07:01:00

Romania has a trade deficit of 103.8 million euros with Russia. This is the data for the first half of 2023. If we compare it with the same period last year, the figure is much lower. It is more than 20 times less.

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Let’s not forget that Russia started the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. So, various trades have been made by then. In addition, sanctions were phased in while trade continued.

This does not mean that Romanian companies do not trade with Russia today. The data provided by the National Institute of Statistics at the request of HotNews.ro show us what we send there and what the Russians give us.

What goods were sent to Russia in the first six months of 2023

Romania exported over 123.3 million euros worth of goods to Russia in the first half of the year. (As a comparison, in the first six months of 2022 it was regarding 243.7 million euros).

From the data sent by the INS, we note that Romanian companies sent, among others:

Hair care products worth 34.2 million euros

Sunflower seeds for almost 15 million euros

Medicines of 11.6 million euros

Motor vehicle parts and accessories of 7.45 million euros

Vacuum cleaners of 3.8 million euros

Refrigerators, freezers of 3.33 million euros

Agricultural machines, devices and devices of 3.3 million euros

What products did the Russians send us in the first part of the year

Russia sent products worth 227.1 million euros to Romania in the first 6 months of 2023, the amount being 90% lower.

I imported the most:

Oils from petroleum/bituminous minerals of 147.6 million euros.

Synthetic and factitious rubber derived from oils, in primary forms or in plates, sheets and strips of 27.1 million euros

Nitrogenous mineral or chemical fertilizers of 20.3 million euros

7.3 million euro aluminum wire

Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing two or three of the fertilizing elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium of 4.7 million euros

Hydrogen and rare gases of 2.2 million euros.

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