Romania's Jan-Aug Trade Gap Narrows 62.4% to 5.798 Bln Euro – Table

October 12 (SeeNews) - Romania's trade gap narrowed by 62.4% on the year in the first eight months of 2009 to an estimated 5.798 billion euro ($8.5 billion), as imports decreased faster than exports, the country's statistics board, INS, said on Monday.

Details follow (in millions of euro, y/y pct change in brackets):

Romania's trade gap widened by 3.4% to 22.5 billion euro last year.

($ = 0.6805 euro)