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Trade between China and Romania

In 2024, China exported $8.8 billion to Romania and imported $2.4 billion. China ran a surplus of $6.3 billion with Romania, compared with a surplus of $3.8 billion in 2019. Romania was China’s 69th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Romania’s 7th (5%).

Summary

China → Romania
$8.8billion
Romania → China
$2.4billion
China’s balance
$6.3billion

Balance

China’s trade balance with Romania

Trade between China and Romania grew 29.9-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). China’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 8.8
  • Imports 2.4
  • Balance +6.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$116 million$259 million-$144 million
1996$133 million$123 million$10 million
1997$137 million$101 million$37 million
1998$204 million$35 million$169 million
1999$163 million$47 million$116 million
2000$196 million$113 million$82 million
2001$273 million$104 million$169 million
2002$400 million$408 million-$8 million
2003$700 million$427 million$273 million
2004$1.1 billion$320 million$807 million
2005$1.7 billion$306 million$1.4 billion
2006$2.4 billion$248 million$2.2 billion
2007$2.4 billion$283 million$2.1 billion
2008$3.6 billion$352 million$3.2 billion
2009$2.7 billion$403 million$2.3 billion
2010$3.4 billion$673 million$2.8 billion
2011$3.6 billion$796 million$2.8 billion
2012$2.9 billion$786 million$2.1 billion
2013$2.7 billion$1 billion$1.7 billion
2014$3.4 billion$1.2 billion$2.2 billion
2015$3.3 billion$971 million$2.4 billion
2016$3.9 billion$1.1 billion$2.8 billion
2017$4.3 billion$1.3 billion$3 billion
2018$5.4 billion$1.6 billion$3.8 billion
2019$5.3 billion$1.5 billion$3.8 billion
2020$5.8 billion$1.8 billion$4.1 billion
2021$6.5 billion$2.4 billion$4.1 billion
2022$7.1 billion$2.1 billion$5 billion
2023$7.5 billion$1.9 billion$5.6 billion
2024$8.8 billion$2.4 billion$6.3 billion

What they sell each other

What China sells to Romania

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$333 million · 3.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  2. Computers$304 million · 3.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  3. Printed circuit boards$300 million · 3.4%
    7 thousand tonnes
  4. Transformers and power supplies$224 million · 2.6%
    15 thousand tonnes
  5. Auto parts$167 million · 1.9%
    24 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  6. Electric motors and generators$154 million · 1.8%
    13 thousand tonnes
  7. Lamps and light fittings$152 million · 1.7%
    18 thousand tonnes
  8. Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds$148 million · 1.7%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Air conditioners$142 million · 1.6%
    19 thousand tonnes · China’s destinations
  10. Microchips$135 million · 1.5%
    905 tonnes · China’s destinations

What Romania sells to China

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Auto parts$882 million · 36.2%
    14 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Control instruments$117 million · 4.8%
    392 tonnes
  3. Men's coats and jackets$92 million · 3.8%
    47 tonnes
  4. Sawn wood$89 million · 3.6%
    152 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  5. Low-voltage switches and connectors$67 million · 2.7%
    571 tonnes
  6. Women's coats and jackets$63 million · 2.6%
    47 tonnes
  7. Ball and roller bearings$60 million · 2.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  8. Copper ore$52 million · 2.2%
    32 thousand tonnes · China’s sources
  9. Other electrical devices$52 million · 2.1%
    47 tonnes
  10. Control panels$51 million · 2.1%
    879 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Shanghai to Constanța.

The estimated sea route between Shanghai and Constanța is 15,063 nautical miles (27,896 km) long: ≈ 35–45 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Cape of Good Hope, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (15,063 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Malacca and Singapore, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Dardanelles and the Bosporus (8,332 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$7.9 billion · 70.1%
  2. Air$3.4 billion · 29.9%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Romania was China’s 69th largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and China was Romania’s 7th (5%).

Romania in China’s trade
0.2%
Romania’s rank among China’s partners
69th
China in Romania’s trade
4.7%
China’s rank among Romania’s partners
7th

Compare with

Other partners of China

Other partners of Romania

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.