In January - April 2018p, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of 2 053 million euros, compared with 1 786 million eurosin January - April 2017; the deficit on trade in goods widened by 414 million euros, according to a press statement released on Wednesday by the National Bank of Romania (BNR).
Romania's long-term external debt at end-April 2018 stood at 67,730 million euros (71.2 percent of total external debt), down 1.3 percent from end-2017, while short-term external debt at end-April 2018 amounted to 27,340 million euros(28.8 percent of total external debt), up 10 percent against end-2017.
Long-term external debt service ratio ran at 19.9 percent in January - April 2018 against 23.9 percent in 2017. At end-April 2018, goods and services import cover stood at 5.3 months, a level similar to that of end-2017 (5.4 months).
At end- April 2018, the ratio of the National Bank of Romania's foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity came in at 82.1 percent, against 87.2 percent at end-2017.