The FOB exports totalled 3.87 billion euros in the first two months of 2006, up 22.5% versus the same period of 2005, showed data released by the National Institute of Statistics, ACT Media news agency reports.


The biggest share of exports consists in equipment (19.4%), clothing and fabrics (17.7%) steel products (14%), mineral products (crude oil, oil products, ores, coal, cement, salt - 13%), transport means and materials (8.7%), footwear and similar items (5.5%).

Versus the first two months of 2005, the value of exports to EU states (EU-25) rose 16.6%, representing 69.2% in the total of exportsThe main countries of destination for Romanian exports in the said period were:

Italy (19% in total of exports), Germany (15.5%), France (7.3%), Turkey (6.9%), UK (4.8%), Hungary (4.7%), USA (3.4%), Austria (3.2%), Spain (3%), Bulgaria (3%), Greece (2.4%) and the Netherlands (2.3%).

In February 2006, the value of FOB exports stood at 2.1 billion euros, by 27.4% more versus the similar month of 2005.

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