Bucharest – According to the most recent data collected by the Romanian Statistics Institute (INS), the commercial exchange between Italy and Romania in the first five months of 2014 reached a total value of approximately €5.1 billion. This marks a 5.1% increase compared to the same period of last year. Imports from Italy reached a value of € 2.632 million (+4.6% compared to the first five months of 2013). In the first five months of 2014, Italy ranked second, after Germany, both in terms of supply market and destination market for Romanian exports, with a share of 11.4% of the total (11.6% of exports and 11.2% of import). (9Colonne)
