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Trade between Italy and Romania

In 2024, Italy exported $11.2 billion to Romania and imported $8.8 billion. Italy ran a surplus of $2.4 billion with Romania, compared with a surplus of $1.2 billion in 2019. Romania was Italy’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Italy was Romania’s 2nd (8%).

Summary

Italy → Romania
$11.2billion
Romania → Italy
$8.8billion
Italy’s balance
$2.4billion

Balance

Italy’s trade balance with Romania

Trade between Italy and Romania grew 6.8-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 11.2
  • Imports 8.8
  • Balance +2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.4 billion$1.5 billion-$62 million
1996$1.8 billion$1.6 billion$272 million
1997$1.9 billion$1.9 billion$15 million
1998$2.2 billion$2.1 billion$79 million
1999$2.2 billion$2.2 billion-$33 million
2000$2.8 billion$2.5 billion$230 million
2001$3.3 billion$3.2 billion$127 million
2002$3.8 billion$3.7 billion$105 million
2003$4.8 billion$4.7 billion$124 million
2004$5.9 billion$5.1 billion$759 million
2005$6.5 billion$5.1 billion$1.4 billion
2006$7.6 billion$5.5 billion$2.2 billion
2007$8.8 billion$6 billion$2.8 billion
2008$9.3 billion$6.4 billion$2.9 billion
2009$6.1 billion$5.3 billion$797 million
2010$6.9 billion$6.3 billion$646 million
2011$8.4 billion$7.4 billion$979 million
2012$7.5 billion$6.4 billion$1.1 billion
2013$7.7 billion$6.8 billion$896 million
2014$8 billion$8 billion-$8 million
2015$7.3 billion$7.1 billion$168 million
2016$7.2 billion$7 billion$299 million
2017$8 billion$7.3 billion$705 million
2018$9.2 billion$8.6 billion$554 million
2019$8.8 billion$7.7 billion$1.2 billion
2020$8.1 billion$7 billion$1.1 billion
2021$10.3 billion$8.1 billion$2.2 billion
2022$10.8 billion$9.6 billion$1.2 billion
2023$11.3 billion$10.3 billion$1.1 billion
2024$11.2 billion$8.8 billion$2.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Italy sells to Romania

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

  1. Auto parts$359 million · 3.2%
    32 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  2. Coated flat steel$242 million · 2.2%
    208 thousand tonnes
  3. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$210 million · 1.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  4. Electric heaters and hair dryers$185 million · 1.7%
    18 thousand tonnes
  5. Other plastic articles$184 million · 1.7%
    20 thousand tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$159 million · 1.4%
    14 thousand tonnes · Italy’s destinations
  7. Other iron or steel articles$154 million · 1.4%
    29 thousand tonnes
  8. Stainless steel sheet$153 million · 1.4%
    55 thousand tonnes
  9. Tanned cattle hides$144 million · 1.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Unwrought aluminum$140 million · 1.3%
    52 thousand tonnes

What Romania sells to Italy

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

  1. Cars$1.3 billion · 15.1%
    118 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Electric heaters and hair dryers$392 million · 4.5%
    26 thousand tonnes
  3. Plastic building fittings$240 million · 2.7%
    35 thousand tonnes
  4. Cigarettes and cigars$199 million · 2.3%
    10 thousand tonnes · Italy’s sources
  5. Auto parts$194 million · 2.2%
    17 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  6. New tires$192 million · 2.2%
    37 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  7. Leather footwear$188 million · 2.1%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Footwear parts$178 million · 2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Phones and telecom equipment$177 million · 2%
    292 tonnes
  10. Gold$142 million · 1.6%
    3 tonnes · Italy’s sources

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Genoa to Constanța.

The estimated sea route between Genoa and Constanța is 1,539 nautical miles (2,850 km) long: ≈ 3.5–4.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Dardanelles and Bosporus.

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$16.7 billion · 83.9%
  2. Air$3.2 billion · 16.1%

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

How much each matters to the other

Romania was Italy’s 13th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Italy was Romania’s 2nd (8%).

Romania in Italy’s trade
1.6%
Romania’s rank among Italy’s partners
13th
Italy in Romania’s trade
8.3%
Italy’s rank among Romania’s partners
2nd

Compare with

Other partners of Italy

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.