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Agriculture: Global Food Security Index 2019: Romania ranks 38th
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Romania ranks 38th of 113 countries in the global top of food security, according to data included in Global Food Security Index (GFSI), a report drew up by the research division of The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported by Corteva Agriscience, a company active in the agricultural domain. According to the analysis released on Friday, Romania ranks 38th, mostly thanks to food availability and quality, food security programs and the farmers' ...
Exports of grain and grain-based foods up 16.8 per cent in January-September
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Romania exported grains and grain-based foods worth 1.987 billion euros in January-September this year, by 16.8 per cent more compared with the same period of last year, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).On the other hand, imports of grains and grain-based foods amounted to 690.3 million euros (plus 14.8 per cent), resulting in a surplus of 1.296 billion euros.Romania obtained a production of 16.99 million ...
Cars: Dacia car sales in Europe grew by over 9% in first 11 months, 2019
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Dacia car sales recorded an increase of 9.1% in Europe in the first 11 months of the year, while the market share of the automobile manufacturer went up to 3.7%, from 3.3%, in the same period of 2018, according to statistics released by the Association of European Automobile Manufactures (AEAM). Data are available for EU and EFTA countries – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Registrations of Dacia cars in ...
Romania and Lithuania, the most significant advance of car registrations in Europe, in November
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
New car registrations in Europe went up by 4.5% in November, to 1.21 millions, while Romania and Lithuania reported the most significant advance, according to data released by the Association of European Automobile Manufactures (AEAM) on Tuesday. Statistic data are valid for EU and EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland). In November, the automobile market in Romania recorded a 57.7% increase, ...
Real estate: Price increase rate in residential market grows compared to 2018
Tuesday, December 24, 2019
The price increase rate in the local residential market, accelerated against 2018 so that in quarter 4, 2019, both apartments and houses are 7% more expensive than a year ago, according to an analysis made by Imobiliare.ro. In comparison, in the same period of 2018, the price difference was 5.3%. “The evolution was different according to towns and the segment analyzed: in the Capital city, the price increase rate doubled ...
Tourism: One out of four Romanians chooses Romania for holiday; Greece ranks second
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Romania is preferred as tourist destination for five day sojourns by 41% of Romanians who live in the urban area, while Greece ranks second with 16% of votes, a study shows. According to results of the study made by Exact Business Solutions, when Romanians are planning a vacation they get information from family members or friends (56%). Websites of travel agencies represent an information source for 5 out of 10 tourists and social media for 4 out of ...
Most Romanians traveled to major European cities in 2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The big European capitals were the Romanians’ favorite travel destinations in 2019, according to an interactive map made by Momondo.ro. Rome tops the list of the most ...
Foreign tourists spent on average 2600 RON per person in Romania, in first 10 months
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
In Q III 2019, the total number of non-residents in collective tourist accommodation structures*) was 900.3 thousands and their total expenditure amounted to 2339.4 million lei. During 1.I–30.IX.2019, the number of non-residents in collective tourist accommodation structures was 2105.9 thousands and their total expenditure amounted to 5485.6 million lei. Non-resident ...
Agriculture: Romania imported foodstuff of over 5.43 billion euros in 8 months
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Romania recorded a deficit of 1.14 billion euros in the first 8 months of the year, in the foodstuff trade, on the rise by 24% compared to the same period of 2018, when it amounted to 923.44 million euros, according to MADR data. In the mentioned period of time, exports grew by 6%, to 4.28 billion euros, while imports grew by 9.3%, to 5.43 billion euros. The overall quantity of foodstuff exported over January-August 2019 in EU ...
Infrastructure: Total goods traffic in Constanta and Mangalia ports grew by 8.36% in first 10 months
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The total traffic of goods recorded in the first 10 months of 2019 in Constanta and Mangalia ports grew by 8.36%, reaching 55.83 million tons, against 51.5 million tons in the same period of 2018, the National Company Administering Constanta Sea Ports on Thursday. In the first ten months of 2019, 12,206 ships reached Romanian sea ports (11,424 ships in ten months of 2018) of which 3,495 sea and 8,711 river going ships. Of the ...
Cars: Over 556,400 vehicles registered to Romania, in 10 months, of which 409,000 second-hand
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The number of registrations of new vehicles has exceeded, in Romania, 147,700 units in the first ten months of the year, an increase of 21.5 pct over the same period of 2018, the Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration Directorate (DRPCIV) statistics shows.On the other hand, the registrations of second-hand vehicles have dropped, in the reference interval, by 6.05 pct to 408,616 units.The total number of registrations for new and used vehicles, at ...
Romanians bought 5,283 “green” cars in first 10 months
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Romanians bought, in the first 10 months of the year, 5,283 ecological cars, on the rise by over 50% against the same period of 2018, according to data centralized by APIA. In that context, the share of this segment of automobiles in overall local market reached 3.7%, compared to 2.7% in the first 10 months of the previous year. According to the specialized analysis , of overall sales of green cars made over January-October ...
Motor vehicles,motorcycles trade turnover up 8.4pct in first 10 months of 2019
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Compared to the previous month, in October 2019 the turnover volume of the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles increased both as gross series by 10.3% and as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 1.4%. The turnover volume of the market services provided to the population, compared to the previous month, decreased as gross series by 2.7% and increased as adjusted series ...
Telecom.IT : Report: Romania has cheapest super-fast broadband internet in the world
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The price of super-fast fixed broadband internet connection, that allows download speeds of up to 1Gbps, in Romania is just EUR 8 per month, by far the lowest of all countries where such services are available, according to an analysis by Polish e-commerce and discounts platform Picodi.com. Fast broadband internet is also fairly cheap in Hungary – EUR 9.3/month and Poland – EUR 18.5/month. Meanwhile, the price of such a subscription goes up ...
Electronic communications market in Romania reach around 1.69 bln euro in H1
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The electronic communications market in Romania has recorded, in the first half of this year, total income worth 8.07 billion RON (1.69 billion euro), the greatest share coming from mobile phone services, with 39 pct of the total, according to the data of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communication (ANCOM), published on Friday. "The income from the fixed and mobile internet providing has grown in the first six months of 2019 by ...
5.1 mln fixed Internet connections and 19.6 mln mobile connections in Q1
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The number of fixed Internet connections reached 5.1 million in the first half of the year, an increase of 0.9 pct over the same period of 2018, while, in the case of mobile Internet, a drop of 1.4 pct was recorded, down to 19.6 million connections, according to the data presented, on Monday, in a specialty conference, by Eduard Lovin, vicepresident of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM).The ANCOM statistics show ...
ANCOM Report: Over half of Romania's mobile internet connections are 4G
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
More than a half (55 percent) of mobile Internet connections in Romania are 4G, in mid-2019, and two thirds of the users do not limit their browsing on mobile Internet, the statistical data published by the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) on Tuesday informed.According to the regulator of local telecom market, at the end of the first semester of 2019, the number of mobile internet connections stood at 19.6 million, ...
Real Estate: Number of dwellings delivered, higher by 6,059 in first three quarters
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
In the third quarter of 2019, 19233 dwellings were completed, 1870 dwellings more compared to the third quarter of 2018. In the 1.I-30.IX.2019 period, 46437 dwellings were completed, 6059 dwellings more compared to the same period of the previous year. The number of dwellings delivered in the first nine months of 2019 rose to 46,437, by 6,059 more than in the same period ...
Over 48,000 real estate goods sold in November 2019, surpassing November 2018
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
A number of 48,360 real estate goods (lands, houses and apartments) were sold at the level of the entire country in November 2019, 1,847 more than the number of real estate goods sold in the same month of 2018, according to data published on Thursday by the National Authority for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI).On the flipside, the number of sales in November 2019 is by 9,974 units smaller than the number of lands, houses and apartments sold in October ...
Trade: Romanian traders sold online goods of over EUR 3.5 million in Bulgaria, Hungary on Black Friday
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The Romanian traders sold online on Black Friday, in Bulgaria and Hungary, goods worth over EUR 3.5 million (RON 17 million), up by over 16pct vs 2018, say the data clustered by PayU Romania.From 22 to 24 November, Bulgaria generated important increases for the Romanian traders as compared to last year. Thus, the online transactions grew by 10pct reaching 15,507, and the transactions' volume exceeded the RON 10 million barrier, up by 28pct against last ...