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Agriculture : Romania has for the first time exported organic maize to America
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Romania could become an important supplier of organic raw materials for animal fodder to the United States of America, given that it has for the first time this year exported organic maize to America, Chairman of the Bio-Romania Association of Organic Farm Operators Marian Cioceanu told Agerpres on Sunday.'Romania has recorded a big success as a result of its last year's participation in Biofach Baltimore, one of the largest organic farm conventions in the US. Although ...
Loss of consumer trust, the problem with local food markets
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The problem of local food markets is the loss of consumer trust because when he goes out to buy, he knows that the one selling tomatoes is not the real tillerman, and the tomatoes are actually not Romania-grown, Tiberiu Cazacioc, official of the ‘Radu Anton Roman' Initiative Group on Thursday told the conference 'Rural community: challenges and opportunities for Romania's rural development between 2014-2020.''We lack the love for the product. I mean, when it ...
Minister of Agriculture: Irrigation system restoration can be performed with EU funds, starting with 2014
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Restoration of the irrigation system will be done, starting with 2014, with European funds, if Romania can prove to the European Commission that financing it is a priority for agriculture, said on Thursday the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Daniel Constantin, in a specialized conference.'As we proved that the transport infrastructure is a priority for Romania, the same we must argue that the restoration of the irrigation system is a priority for ...
EU Commissioner Ciolos recommends Romania to undergo market reorientation
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
With no market reorientation and reconnection of the agricultural sector with research and education adapted to the needs of the Romanian agriculture we shall be in the same situation ten years from now, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos told a specialist conference on Thursday.'With no market reorientation and reconnection of the agricultural sector with research and education adapted to the needs of the Romanian agriculture and not ...
Telecom .IT : About 183,000 SMS transactions processed by Netopia in H1, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Netopia mobilPay, local leader on the market segment of micropayments via cell-phone and one of the most important processors of online card payments, recorded an increase of about 16 percent in the number of SMS payments in the first half of 2012, compared to the same period of 2011, a release reads. The company processed nearly 183,000 transactions via cell-phone in H1, 2012.'We seek to maintain the upward trend by the end of the year and we estimate we shall ...
Trade : Local beer market sees 4 pct half-year growth
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Romania's beer consumption increased 4 pct in volume in the first half of 2012 from the same period of 2011, hitting a total of 8.3 million hectoliters, according to a release issued by the ‘Brewers of Romania' Association.Sales by brands Bergenbier, Heineken Romania, Romaqua Group, Ursus Breweries and United Romanian Breweries reached 7.8 million hectoliters over Jan - June 2012, increasing 5.4 pct from the same period last year.'This is the first ...
GfK Study: Romanians spend less money on food in H1
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Households goods consumption increased by 2 percent, in national currency, in the first half of 2012, compared to the same period last year, while expenditure on food fell by 2 percent, according to a GfK Romania study conducted on a sample of 2,200 households.'After a year 2011, in which inflation had a strong impact upon the evolution of household spending in Romania, and brought volume decreases especially on the segment of food, there is still a negative tendency ...
Tourism : Tourism Ministry seeks to increase average of overnight stays in boarding houses to 3 or 4 nights
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The Ministry of Rural Development and Tourism seeks to increase the average of overnight stays in boarding houses to 3 or 4 nights, State Secretary Cristian Barhalescu said.'We decided together with the associations to support and standardize a rural offer. We want to generate an increase of the number of overnight stays, because the average is usually of 2.4 nights and we seek to increase it somewhere around three or four nights in order to turn the activity more ...
Agriculture : Romania's less than ordinary imports: from bristles to ivory and tortoise shells
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Swine and boar bristles, animal intestines and bladders, ivory and tortoise shells, are just some of the products entered in the statistics of the Ministry of Agriculture (MADR) as having been shipped to Romania as part of the country's international trade with agrifood products.Although such products do not account for a considerable share of imports, Jan - May shipments to Romania of animal intestines, bladders and stomachs stood at 1,908 tonnes, amounting to 16.7 ...
Topoloveni plum butter production to be cut to half in 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
SC Sonimpex Serv Com, the producer of the Topoloveni plum butter, estimates that its production will be cut to a half in 2012 because of the drought that significantly affected the plum crop.'This year will be a very difficult one. I think we shall only make 100 tonnes of plum butter, namely 300,000 jars, or, to be more accurate, at the most half of the production that is estimated at 200-250 tonnes. The terrible drought this year has destroyed plums, which fell down ...
Agriculture Minister Constantin: Farmers have 60 million euros more for irrigation investments
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The upgrading of Romania's irrigation infrastructure could turn agriculture into the growth engine of Romania's economy, and this is the reason why a decision was made to add 60 million euros more to measure 125 for investments in irrigation and land improvement works, Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin reported in a press release on Wednesday.Following financial reallocations under the National Rural Development Programme (PNDR), the Agriculture Ministry, via ...
Tourism: Statistics: Arrivals of foreign visitors in Romania up by 4.1 percent in first seven months
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The arrivals of foreign visitors in Romania, registered at cross-border points, amounted to 4.433 million over January 1-July 31, 2012, up by 4.1 percent from the same time span of 2011, according to the provisional data made known by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Most visitors come from European countries (94.1 percent), 58.7 percent of the foreign visitors arriving in Romania originating in the European Union member states. The most numerous arrivals ...
Over a million tourists have spent their vacation in Romania, in July 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
More than one million tourists have spent their vacation in Romania, in July 2012, according to data provided by the National Statistics Institute (INS), the highest level compared to the similar period in the past six years, the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism (MDRT) announced in a press release.'I hope it is not just a happening due to the crisis period we all pass through. I think it is very important to support this trend through complex development ...
FPTR: Romanian Black Sea coast trevellers spent nearly 270 million euros
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Romanian tourists having travelled to the Black Sea coast this year have spent nearly 270 million euros there, according to the Federation of Romanian Travel Employers (FPTR).'We are estimating 3.6 million overnight stays for this summer season at authorised accommodation unitss. The average spending per tourist on the Black Sea coast was RON 180-200 per day, for accommodation and food only, which gives RON 720 million (160 million euros) for all Romanians who ...
E-Tourism project - travel industry packages and services sold online
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Andrei Consulting Company has launched, on Thursday, the 'E-Tourism - sales of online tourist packages and services', by which it is expected to increase the client portfolio by 25 percent, according to a press release of the company. The project is conducted under the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013 and will run from May 2012 - May 2013, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund. Expected results aim at ...
Trade : Retail turnover increases over 4 percent in first seven months
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The retail trade turnover volume (except for the trade in vehicles and motorcycles) increased in the first seven months of 2012, compared with the same period of last year by 4.2 percent as gross series and by 4.4 percent as working day and seasonally adjusted series, informs a release of the National Institute for Statistics (INS).In July 2012, the retail trade turnover volume (except for the trade in vehicles and motorcycles) advanced compared with the previous ...
Furniture production estimated to grow 5-7 pct this year
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Furniture production is expected to increase this year by 5-7%, after having reached last year 1.8 bln euros, Mihai Toma, Secretary-general of the Romanian Furniture Manufacturers Association (ACRM) on Wednesday told a press conference.'By tradition, we are manufacturers and exporters of massive wood furniture. The 2008-2009 economic crisis has affected us greatly. Romania's furniture production has decreased steadily. The local furniture consumption plunged and so ...
Eurostat: Romania reports a higher retail in July than the EU average figures
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The amount of retail went up by 0.6 percent in Romania in July 2012 compared to June, as it went down in the Euro Area by 0.2 percent and remained stable in the European Union, according to the preliminary data presented by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat) on Wednesday.Retail trade went up in twelve member states (Romania included) and went down in other seven. The highest figures were reported by Latvia (2.7 percent), Ireland (1.7 percent) and Poland (1.6 ...
Retail turnover increases over 4 percent in first seven months
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The retail trade turnover volume (except for the trade in vehicles and motorcycles) increased in the first seven months of 2012, compared with the same period of last year by 4.2 percent as gross series and by 4.4 percent as working day and seasonally adjusted series, informs a release of the National Institute for Statistics (INS). In July 2012, the retail trade turnover volume (except for the trade in vehicles and motorcycles) advanced ...
Real estate : Completed dwellings declines 10.6pct in Q2 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
As many as 9,204 dwellings were completed in the second quarter of 2012, down 977, or 10.61 percent, from the similar period of the year before, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INS).'In H1 2012, 16,066 dwellings were completed, 1,740 dwellings less than in H1 2011. By residence area, in Q2 2012 the greatest number of dwellings was built in the rural area (53.8 percent), compared to 46.2 percent in the urban area. The distribution of ...