Agriculture: wheat, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes,
grapes; milk, eggs, meat
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin and
Latin American cocaine transiting the Balkan route
Exports: $6.2 billion (f.o.b., 1994)
commodities: textiles and footwear 23.8%, metals and metal products
17.3%, fuels and mineral products 11.6%, machinery and transport
equipment 14.8%, chemicals 7.9%, food and agricultural goods 6.5%,
other 18.1% (1994)
partners: developing countries 30.3%, East and Central Europe 8.4%,
Russia 3.4%, OECD 57.9% (EU 50%, US 3.1%) (1994)
Imports: $7.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994) commodities: fuels and minerals 26.8%, machinery and transport equipment 25.1%, textiles and footwear 12.3%, food and agricultural goods 9.3%, chemicals 7.9%, other 18.6% (1994) partners: OECD 60% (EU 44.5%, US 6.5%), East and Central Europe 6.1%, developing countries 16.6%, Russia 13.8%, other 3.5% (1994)
External debt: $4.7 billion (1995)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $81 million (1993)
Currency: 1 leu (L) = 100 bani
Exchange rates: lei (L) per US$1 - 2,599.24 (January 1996), 2,033.28 (1995), 1,655.09 (1994), 760.05 (1993), 307.95 (1992), 76.39 (1991)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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