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Almost 400,000 imported used cars, registered in Romania in 2021
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The imported second-hand car market increased last year in Romania by 3.73% compared to 2020, to 395,759 registered units, given that the new car segment was recorded a decrease of 4.56%, from year to year, results from an analysis carried out by an online car advertising platform.According to the quoted source, in the case of new cars, in 2021, the best month was August, with over 16,000 units launched in circulation, while the weakest month was January, when it ...
"Green" cars market doubles in 2021; market share up 2.2 folds on this segment
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Registrations of ecological cars (100pct electric and plug-in hybrids), as well as full hybrids doubled in Romania, in 2021, with market share on this segment reaching 15.5pct, 2.2 times higher than the previous year, shows data provided by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA).Official statistics show that last year the market share of "green" cars was 7.1pct.According to the same source, the same as in 2020, when, although ...
Tourism : Arrivals in tourist reception structures, increasing 45.1% in first 11 months of 2021; 9% foreign tourists
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
- Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the arrivals in the establishments of tourists’ reception with functions of tourists’ accommodation increased by 59.2%, while the overnight stays increased by 56.6% in November 2021. - Compared to November 2020, in November 2021 customs registered an increase in the arrivals of foreign visitors of 78.7% and an increase of 92.7% in the departures abroad of the Romanian ...
ANAT : In 2021 we've had to find solutions for the holidays of Romanians in normal conditions
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The tour operators were forced, in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to quickly find solutions for the Romanians' holidays to take place in normal conditions, the vice-president of the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) Alin Burcea said."Overall, it was another difficult year, in which we had to pay attention ...
Romanian tourists spend 75 million euros on New Year's Eve
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Romanian tourists spent 45 million euros on New Year's Eve for foreign destinations and 30 million euros for domestic ones, preferring rural resorts and Prahova Valley, according to the National Association of Travel Agencies of Romania (ANAT).Thus, on Prahova Valley, Predeal, Poiana Brasov there were 20,000 tourists, in other mountain resorts (Paltinis, Ranca, Vatra Dornei, Borja, Slanic Moldova, Semenic) - 15,000 tourists, while rural tourism ...
Trade: Online sales continue to grow among EU enterprises, not in the case of Romania
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
In 2020, 22% of EU enterprises had e-commerce sales and 19% reported that their online sales reached at least 1% of their total turnover, a ...
Romania's trade deficit in agri-food products down by almost 40pct Jan-Sep 2021
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Romania posted a trade deficit in agri-food products of 758.6 million euros January through September 2021, down by almost 40pct compared to the same period in 2020, according to data centralized by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR).Between January and September 2020, the deficit exceeded 1.245 billion euros.Data from the Ministry of Agriculture show that exports increased by 26pct, amounting to 6.57 billion euros, while the advance ...
Agriculture: Over 26,000 hectares of forests introduced in National Catalogue of Virgin and Quasi-virgin Forests, in 2021
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
A surface of over 26,000 hectares of forests was introduced in 2021 in the National Catalogue of Virgin and Quasi-virgin Forests, according to the Minister of Environment, Tanczos Barna.On December 15, 2021, the Catalogue - 12th edition, registered a total surface of 70,069 hectares, including 8,759.8 hectares of virgin forests and 61,489.2 quasi-virgin forests."I am glad to announce that in 2021 we managed to insert in the National Catalogue a ...
Eurostat: Romanians in last place in the EU in fruit and vegetable consumption
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
In 2019, 1 in 3 people (33%) in the EU reported not consuming any fruit or vegetables daily and only 12% of the ...
Infrastructure : Wizz Air announced five new more routes from Cluj-Napoca and Craiova
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Wizz Air has announced today five new more routes from Cluj-Napoca and Craiova to destinations in Europe. So, Romanians can travel from Cluj-Napoca to Malta (Valletta) and Nice, and from Craiova to Barcelona, Paris Beauvais-Tille and Brussels S. Charleroi.Tickets for all these new flights are available online ...
PM Ciuca: 84 million lei in financial aid for 12 regional airports
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca announced that during the Government session on Tuesday a financial aid will be given to 12 regional airports in the country, which were affected by the pandemic period."Air transportation was the most affected during this period of crisis. That is why, today we will approve the framework for financial aid for 12 regional airports, which consists of allocating 84 million lei. These are funds that will support the airports in Cluj, ...
Trade: Bottled beer sales grew in 2020, first time in 5 years
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Sales of plastic bottled beer grew in 2020, for the first time after 5 years of drops, registering increases in other categories of bottled beer, said Julia Leferman, general manager of the Beer Makers' Association of Romania, in a debate on beer industry. “The beer market in Romania, according to the Beer Makers' Association of Romania, had increases in beer sales in disposable packaging, after 5 ...
Deloitte Study: Holiday spending resumes growth in 2021
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Holiday spending resumes growth this year, with a 5% advance compared to 2020, after a 7% decline last year, but 68% of consumers expect higher prices than the previous season, according to Deloitte 2021 Holiday Retail Survey. ...
Telecom. IT: Internet traffic grew by over 6%, preserving consumption behavior of 2020
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Fix Internet traffic grew by over 6% to 5.8 million terabytes, which shows that consumption behavior of 2020 were preserved and the digitization of economy , said Vlad Stoica, the president of the National Communications Administration and Regulation Authority ...
Eight out of ten Romanians spend most time connected online
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Daily, Romanians spend most time connected online,in front of screens (80%), and very little in contact with nature, of inhabitants of 8 European countries, while two thirds (66%) have great difficulties in setting up and maintaining interpersonal relations, according to results of a study. According to the survey called “Head Downers 2021”released on Wednesday, a third of Romanians (33%) ...
Incomes dropped by 1% in telecommunication sector in first semester
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Incomes of the telecommunication sector registered a slight drop of -1% in the first of 2021, totaling 8.4 billion lei (1.7 billion euros). Of all incomes, mobile telephony generated 36%, fixed and mobile Internet 33%, retransmission of TV programs 14%, fixed telephony 9%, and the other types of networks/services were 8%, according to data released by ANCOM. At national level, 7 out of 10 households have fixed Internet ...
Cars: APIA: Car registrations dropped in November
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Vehicle registrations dropped in Romania by 10.8% in November 2021, compared to the same period of 2020. Electric car registrations doubled, while Dacia Spring, the first “green”model of the Mioveni car manufacturer, became segment leader according to data released by the Association of Automobile Manufacturers and Importers (APIA), based on statistics of the car registration department ...
Agriculture: Cocereal expects Romania's wheat harvest to drop to 7.9 million tons in 2022
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
The soft wheat yield in EU and Great Britain will drop next year, while in the Balkan area it will return to an average level, after the record wheat yields of 2021, Cocereal announced . In its first estimate about the 2022 yield, Romania's soft wheat crop will drop to 7.9 million tons from 11.1 million tons in 2021. Also, in ...
Real Estate: Eurostat: Housing costs make up 26% of EU household expenditure
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
In 2020, ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ represented more than a quarter (25.7 %) ...
Net investments in new constructions exceed 47 billion lei in first 9 months of 2021
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
The net investments materialised in new construction works, in the first nine months of this year, amounted to 47.063 billion lei, representing 59.7% of the total investments made in the national economy, compared to 56.2% in the similar period of 2020, according to data centralised by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Between January and September 2021, 39,114 building permits were issued for residential buildings, of which those for residential ...