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Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.35% (31 December 2007)

Stock of money:

$25.17 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of quasi money:

$34.96 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of domestic credit:

$58.76 billion (31 December 2007)

Agriculture - products:

wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, sunflower seed, potatoes, grapes; eggs, sheep

Industries:

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

Industrial production growth rate:

10.6% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:

58.25 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - consumption:

48.43 billion kWh (2006 est.)

Electricity - exports:

3.362 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - imports:

1.277 billion kWh (2007 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 62.5% hydro: 27.6% nuclear: 9.9% other: 0% (2001)

Oil - production:

112,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)

Oil - consumption:

238,200 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - exports:

125,200 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - imports:

219,000 bbl/day (2005)

Oil - proved reserves:

600 million bbl (1 January 2008 est.)

Natural gas - production:

12.5 billion cu m (2006 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:

17.09 billion cu m (2007)

Natural gas - exports:

0 cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - imports:

4.8 billion cu m (2007 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

63 billion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)

Current account balance:

-$23.02 billion (2007 est.)

Exports:

$40.32 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals, agricultural products

Exports - partners:

Italy 17.2%, Germany 16.9%, France 7.7%, Turkey 7%, Hungary 5.6%, UK 4.1% (2007)

Imports:

$64.54 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, textile and products, metals, agricultural products

Imports - partners:

Germany 17.2%, Italy 12.8%, Hungary 6.9%, Russia 6.3%, France 6.2%,
Turkey 5.4%, Austria 4.8% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$914.3 million (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$39.96 billion (31 December 2007)

Debt - external:

$74.54 billion (31 December 2007)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$60.82 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$915 million (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$45.42 billion (2007)

Currency (code):

"new" leu (RON) was introduced in 2005; "old" leu (ROL) was phased out in 2006; note - because of currency revaluation, 10,000 ROL = 1 RON

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