Romania Business
• Main imports: Machinery and equipment, fuels and minerals, chemicals, agricultural products, textiles and textile products.
• Main exports: Textiles and footwear, metals and metal products, machinery and equipment, minerals and fuels, chemicals.
• Main trade partners: Italy, Germany, Turkey, France and UK.
Economy
Although these gains have only just started to address Romania's widespread poverty and corruption and red tape continue to handicap the business environment, GDP increased by 6.4% in 2006, the strongest growth in the last decade. Inflation is 6.8% and official unemployment has fallen to 6.1%. The Romanian government carried out a currency revaluation in 2005. Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, with the IMF praising the country's recent reform efforts.
Business Etiquette
Office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1530.
Conferences & Conventions
Business Contacts
Bulevardul Octavian Goga 2, Sector 3, 030982 Bucharest, Romania
Tel: (21) 319 0114.
Website: www.ccir.ro
Romanian Convention Bureau
Calea Victoriei 118, 4th Floor, Suite 407, Sector 1, 70179 Bucharest, Romania
Tel: (21) 314 4100/2.
Website: www.conventionbureau.ro
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