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    Romania Economy - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/romania/romania_economy.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Economy - overview:
      Romania began the transition from Communism in 1989 with a largely obsolete industrial base and a pattern of output unsuited to the country's needs. The country emerged in 2000 from a punishing three-year recession thanks to strong demand in EU export markets. Despite the global slowdown in 2001-02, strong domestic activity in construction, agriculture, and consumption have kept growth above 4%. An IMF Standby Agreement, signed in 2001, has been accompanied by slow but palpable gains in privatization, deficit reduction, and the curbing of inflation. The IMF Board approved Romania's completion of the standby agreement in October 2003, the first time Romania has successfully concluded an IMF agreement since the 1989 revolution. Nonetheless, recent macroeconomic gains have done little to address Romania's widespread poverty, while corruption and red tape hinder foreign investment.

      GDP:
      purchasing power parity - $154.4 billion (2003 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:
      4.5% (2003 est.)

      GDP - per capita:
      purchasing power parity - $6,900 (2003 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:
      agriculture: 15%
      industry: 35%
      services: 50% (2001)

      Population below poverty line:
      44.5% (2000)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:
      lowest 10%: 3.2%
      highest 10%: 25% (1998)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:
      31.1 (1998)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):
      14.3% (2003)

      Labor force:
      9.9 million (1999 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:
      agriculture 41.4%, industry 27.3%, services 31.3% (2000)

      Unemployment rate:
      7.3% (2003)

      Budget:
      revenues: $8.2 billion
      expenditures: $9.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2002 est.)

      Industries:
      textiles and footwear, light machinery and auto assembly, mining, timber, construction materials, metallurgy, chemicals, food processing, petroleum refining

      Industrial production growth rate:
      4.5% (2003)

      Electricity - production:
      50.86 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - production by source:
      fossil fuel: 62.5%
      hydro: 27.6%
      other: 0% (2001)
      nuclear: 9.9%

      Electricity - consumption:
      46.1 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - exports:
      1.6 billion kWh (2001)

      Electricity - imports:
      400 million kWh (2001)

      Oil - production:
      127,500 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - consumption:
      215,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)

      Oil - exports:
      NA

      Oil - imports:
      NA

      Oil - proved reserves:
      1.055 billion bbl (1 January 2002)

      Natural gas - production:
      14.3 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - consumption:
      19.7 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - exports:
      0 cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - imports:
      5.4 billion cu m (2001 est.)

      Natural gas - proved reserves:
      111.1 billion cu m (1 January 2002)

      Agriculture - products:
      wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep

      Exports:
      $17.63 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Exports - commodities:
      textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

      Exports - partners:
      Italy 25.2%, Germany 15.6%, France 7.6%, UK 5.8%, US 4.3%, Turkey 4.1% (2002)

      Imports:
      $22.17 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:
      machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, basic metals, agricultural products

      Imports - partners:
      Italy 20.8%, Germany 14.9%, Russia 7.2%, France 6.4% (2002)

      Debt - external:
      $19.1 billion (2003 est.)

      Currency:
      leu (ROL)

      Currency code:
      ROL

      Exchange rates:
      lei per US dollar - 33,200.1 (2003), 33,055.4 (2002), 29,060.8 (2001), 21,708.7 (2000), 15,332.8 (1999)

      Fiscal year:
      calendar year


      NOTE: The information regarding Romania on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Romania Economy 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Romania Economy 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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