Exports to increase 15% in 2006

The delegate Trade Minister Iuliu Winkler, speaking on Saturday in Deva, stated that debates on the national export strategy had been completed. “This strategy was approved by the Export Committee. A number of 400 people worked on the national export strategy, which targets 15% growth of Romanian exports in 2006 compared with this year,” Winkler stated. He added the volume of exports was expected to reach 25bn euros at the end of this year, with next year”s forecasts pointing to 29bn euros. Winkler said that, unfortunately, the financial balance would remain negative in 2006, with imports still outstripping exports. Mediafax