10bn-euro trade between Romania and French-speaking countries

The trade between Romania and the countries participating at the Summit of the International Organisation of French-speaking Countries in the first seven months of this year stood at 10.01 billion euros, according to data from the Ministry of Economy. Romania’s export to French-speaking countries in the first seven months of this year stood at 4.74 billion euros (31.9% of Romania’s total exports), a 21.9% increase against the same period last year. France ranks first among Romania’s export partners, with a 7.56% share of total exports made by Romania in the first seven months of 2006. The next positions are filled by Bulgaria (2.83%), Greece (1.98%), Moldova (1.07%), Belgium (1.54%), Egypt (0.75%), Switzerland (0.6%), Lebanon (0.57%), Macedonia (0.25%) and Canada (0.24%). “This year we set out to diversify and intensify our bilateral commercial relations with France, as well as to encourage an increase in commercial exchanges to over 4 billion euros,” stated Iuliu Winkler, Minister Delegate for Trade.