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Trade between Romania and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Romania exported $5.1 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $1.3 billion. Romania ran a surplus of $3.8 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $1 billion in 2019. The United Kingdom was Romania’s 13th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Romania was the United Kingdom’s 35th (0.6%).

Summary

Romania → United Kingdom
$5.1billion
United Kingdom → Romania
$1.3billion
Romania’s balance
$3.8billion

Balance

Romania’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Romania and the United Kingdom grew 10.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.1
  • Imports 1.3
  • Balance +3.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$292 million$319 million-$28 million
1996$325 million$346 million-$21 million
1997$385 million$396 million-$10 million
1998$401 million$420 million-$19 million
1999$450 million$449 million$1 million
2000$583 million$550 million$33 million
2001$727 million$550 million$176 million
2002$1 billion$705 million$304 million
2003$1.3 billion$813 million$465 million
2004$1.8 billion$1.1 billion$699 million
2005$1.6 billion$1.2 billion$400 million
2006$1.7 billion$1.3 billion$339 million
2007$2 billion$1.3 billion$641 million
2008$1.7 billion$1.6 billion$165 million
2009$1.3 billion$1.2 billion$165 million
2010$2.1 billion$1.3 billion$798 million
2011$2.2 billion$1.7 billion$517 million
2012$2.1 billion$1.6 billion$467 million
2013$2.5 billion$1.6 billion$859 million
2014$2.7 billion$1.7 billion$1 billion
2015$2.6 billion$1.7 billion$938 million
2016$2.6 billion$1.6 billion$958 million
2017$2.9 billion$1.8 billion$1.1 billion
2018$3.5 billion$2 billion$1.5 billion
2019$2.9 billion$1.9 billion$1 billion
2020$2.2 billion$1.6 billion$610 million
2021$2.8 billion$1.2 billion$1.6 billion
2022$4.4 billion$1.2 billion$3.2 billion
2023$5.1 billion$1.2 billion$3.9 billion
2024$5.1 billion$1.3 billion$3.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Romania sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Cars$1.6 billion · 32%
    59 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  2. Auto parts$249 million · 4.9%
    14 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  3. Centrifuges and filters$229 million · 4.5%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Trucks$172 million · 3.4%
    9 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s sources
  5. Cables and wire$142 million · 2.8%
    6 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  6. Engine parts$136 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. New tires$133 million · 2.6%
    17 thousand tonnes · Romania’s destinations
  8. Air pumps, compressors and fans$113 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Control panels$102 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Seats and chairs$86 million · 1.7%
    9 thousand tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Romania

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

  1. Auto parts$140 million · 10.4%
    11 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Diesel engines$108 million · 8%
    7 thousand tonnes
  3. Cars$106 million · 7.9%
    6 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Engine parts$93 million · 6.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  5. Spirits$93 million · 6.9%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Valves and taps$57 million · 4.2%
    409 tonnes
  7. Synthetic filament yarn$39 million · 2.9%
    7 thousand tonnes
  8. Deodorants, shaving and bath products$21 million · 1.6%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$20 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  10. Other plastic articles$18 million · 1.4%
    858 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Constanța to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Constanța and Felixstowe is 3,402 nautical miles (6,301 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Bosporus, Dardanelles, Strait of Gibraltar and Strait of Dover.

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$5 billion · 77.3%
  2. Air$1.5 billion · 22.7%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Romania’s 13th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Romania was the United Kingdom’s 35th (0.6%).

The United Kingdom in Romania’s trade
2.7%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Romania’s partners
13th
Romania in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.6%
Romania’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
35th

Compare with

Other partners of Romania

Other partners of the United Kingdom

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.