February 13 (SeeNews) - Romania current account balance showed a deficit of 10.478 billion euro ($11.4 billion) in 2019, compared to a gap of 8.960 billion euro in the previous year, the central bank said on Thursday, citing provisional data.
The deficit on trade in goods widened by 2.554 billion euro, the surplus on services income increased by 194 million euro, the deficit of the primary income balance narrowed by 533 million euro, and the surplus of the secondary income balance increased by 309 million euro.
Details on Romania's current account balance follow (in millions of euro):
|
2019 |
2018 |
Current
account |
-10,478 |
-8,960 |
- goods balance |
-17,359 |
-14,805 |
- services balance |
8,554 |
7,696 |
- primary income |
-3,234 |
-3.767 |
- secondary income |
1,252 |
1,561 |
($= 0.9191 euro)