Romania → United States
Romanian exports to the US
- Electrical machinery & equipment$405.4M29.1%
- Mechanical machinery & equipment$180.5M12.9%
- Wood & wood products$134.4M9.6%
- Iron & steel$97.9M7.0%
- Vehicles (non-rail)$80.4M5.7%
Economic Ties
Trade Romania – US
A snapshot of bilateral goods trade, the structure of US investment in Romania, and the American corporate footprint that anchors the relationship on the ground.
- $2.8B
- Forecast bilateral trade, 2021 record
- +50.1%
- Bilateral trade growth, H1 2021 YoY
- +37.3%
- Romanian exports to the US, H1 2021 YoY
- €5.8B
- Real US FDI stock in Romania (NBR, 2019)
First half of 2021
A record-breaking trajectory
Bilateral trade climbed from $1.444B to $2.167B in the first six months of 2021 — a 50.1% jump year-on-year. Romanian exports to the United States reached $1.393B (+37.3%), while imports from the US stood at $773.7M. Full-year forecasts pointed to a new $2.8B all-time high for the bilateral relationship.
Romania in US trade rankings
- +6 vs. 202061stUS trading partner overall
- stable60thSource of US imports (RO → US)
- +13 vs. 202067thDestination of US exports (US → RO)
- +6 vs. 202044thUS trade-deficit partner
What flows across the Atlantic
Top five product categories in each direction, H1 2021.
United States → Romania
US exports to Romania
- Vehicles (non-rail)$240.2M31.0%
- Aircraft & parts$135.0M17.4%
- Electrical machinery & equipment$94.3M12.2%
- Mechanical machinery & equipment$64.7M8.3%
- Optical, photo & cinematographic$51.5M6.6%
Investment
US capital in the Romanian economy
Two ways to count
The National Trade Registry Office puts the US at 13th place by registered FDI — $1.211B or ~1.96% of the total. But the National Bank of Romania, which traces investment to the ultimate country of origin, places real US FDI at €5.8B — 6.6% of total foreign direct investment and 5th overall.
- 01Germany€13.1B
- 02Austria€10.0B
- 03France€8.2B
- 04Italy€7.4B
- 05United States€5.8B
Source: National Bank of Romania, real FDI by ultimate owner, Dec 31, 2019.
Where US investment goes
Sectors with the largest share of American capital in Romania.
- Automotive
- Machine building
- Machinery & equipment
- Agriculture & food
- Information technology
- Energy
- Financial services
- Electronics
- Chemicals & pharmaceuticals
- Communications
- Tourism
On the ground
Prominent US corporate names in Romania
A representative sample of American companies with operations, manufacturing or service centers across the country.
- ADM
- Aecom
- Alcoa
- Amgen
- Bunge
- Cargill
- Citibank
- Coca-Cola
- Colgate-Palmolive
- BorgWarner
- Eli Lilly
- Flextronics
- Ford
- General Electric
- GE Money
- Greenbrier
- Hewlett Packard
- Hilton
- Honeywell
- IBM
- Johnson Controls
- JW Marriott
- Kraft
- McDonald's
- MetLife
- Microsoft
- New Century Holding
- Oracle
- PepsiCo
- Philip Morris
- Procter & Gamble
- Qualcomm
- Raytheon
- Smithfield Foods
- Timken