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Trade between Kazakhstan and Romania

In 2024, Kazakhstan exported $2.5 billion to Romania and imported $151 million. Kazakhstan ran a surplus of $2.4 billion with Romania, compared with a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2019. Romania was Kazakhstan’s 15th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Kazakhstan was Romania’s 23rd (1%).

Summary

Kazakhstan → Romania
$2.5billion
Romania → Kazakhstan
$151million
Kazakhstan’s balance
$2.4billion

Balance

Kazakhstan’s trade balance with Romania

Trade between Kazakhstan and Romania grew 225.1-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.5
  • Imports 0.2
  • Balance +2.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$9 million$3 million$5 million
1996$1 million$5 million-$3 million
1997$2 million$4 million-$2 million
1998$13 million$11 million$2 million
1999$102 million$2 million$100 million
2000$295 million$11 million$284 million
2001$151 million$18 million$133 million
2002$301 million$41 million$259 million
2003$237 million$28 million$209 million
2004$593 million$42 million$551 million
2005$1.3 billion$77 million$1.2 billion
2006$1.6 billion$87 million$1.6 billion
2007$1.2 billion$75 million$1.2 billion
2008$3.3 billion$98 million$3.2 billion
2009$1.9 billion$79 million$1.8 billion
2010$1.7 billion$201 million$1.5 billion
2011$3 billion$232 million$2.8 billion
2012$2.7 billion$136 million$2.5 billion
2013$2.2 billion$82 million$2.1 billion
2014$2.9 billion$130 million$2.8 billion
2015$1.1 billion$77 million$1 billion
2016$877 million$86 million$791 million
2017$1.2 billion$56 million$1.1 billion
2018$1.5 billion$177 million$1.3 billion
2019$1.9 billion$108 million$1.7 billion
2020$1.2 billion$79 million$1.1 billion
2021$371 million$43 million$328 million
2022$1.7 billion$73 million$1.7 billion
2023$2.9 billion$164 million$2.8 billion
2024$2.5 billion$151 million$2.4 billion

What they sell each other

What Kazakhstan sells to Romania

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

  1. Crude petroleum$2.4 billion · 95.1%
    4.5 million tonnes · Kazakhstan’s destinations
  2. Radioactive elements$100 million · 4%
    473 tonnes
  3. Natural gas and LPG$11 million · 0.42%
    24 thousand tonnes
  4. Coal$5 million · 0.21%
    33 thousand tonnes
  5. Plywood$1 million · 0.05%
    1 thousand tonnes
  6. Nitrogen fertilizers$1 million · 0.04%
    4 thousand tonnes
  7. Ferroalloys$871 thousand · 0.03%
    594 tonnes · Kazakhstan’s destinations
  8. Video recorders and players$564 thousand · 0.02%
  9. Hydrogen and rare gases$461 thousand · 0.02%
    209 tonnes

What Romania sells to Kazakhstan

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

  1. 374 tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Hair care$18 million · 12.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  3. 547 tonnes
  4. Other processed tobacco$8 million · 5.2%
    307 tonnes
  5. 28 tonnes
  6. Iron or steel pipe fittings$6 million · 3.9%
    320 tonnes
  7. Refined petroleum$5 million · 3.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  8. Ball and roller bearings$5 million · 3.3%
    154 tonnes
  9. Valves and taps$5 million · 3%
    57 tonnes
  10. Seamless steel pipes$4 million · 2.6%
    893 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Novorossiysk (Russia) to Constanța.

The estimated sea route between Novorossiysk (Russia) and Constanța is 414 nautical miles (767 km) long: ≈ 1 day at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

Kazakhstan is landlocked: it ships through Novorossiysk (Russia).

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$2.5 billion · 94.1%
  2. Air$157 million · 5.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

Romania was Kazakhstan’s 15th largest trading partner (2% of its trade), and Kazakhstan was Romania’s 23rd (1%).

Romania in Kazakhstan’s trade
1.8%
Romania’s rank among Kazakhstan’s partners
15th
Kazakhstan in Romania’s trade
1.1%
Kazakhstan’s rank among Romania’s partners
23rd

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Sources and methodology

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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.