Romania's CIF imports were worth over 11.487 billion euros (10.603 billion euros in FOB prices) January through April 2006, up 24.6 percent from the same period in 2005, the National Statistics Institute said. Six of the 22 imported goods sections in the Combined Nomenclature cover 76.1 percent of the total imports, ACT Media news agency reports.

The imports from the 25 EU countries, which accounted for 60.5 percent of the total, rose 20.3 percent.

The first partner countries, which accounted for 72.7 percent of the imports, were: Italy (14.5), Germany (14.0), the Russian Federation (10.2), France (6.8), Turkey (4.7), China (4.1), Austria (3.9), Hungary (3.1), USA (2.7 percent), Britain (2.6) and Poland (2.5).

Romania's commercial deficit stood at 3.410 billion euros in FOB/CIF prices (2.333 billion euros) and 2.526 billion euros in FOB/FOB prices (1.623 billion euros).

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