State Brief · SC
South Carolina
Capital: Columbia · Latest trade year: 2024
- Exports to Romania
- $45.7M
- Imports from Romania
- $587.0M
- Trade balance
- -$541.3M
- Export CAGR
- +21.3%
#7 of 51
#2 of 51
Deficit
2010 → 2024
Trade history
Goods flow between this state and Romania
Annual goods trade between South Carolina and Romania, in nominal USD. Data from the US Census Bureau Foreign Trade Division (2008–2024).
Exports vs imports
USD, nominalTrade balance
Surplus / deficitin 2024
2010 → 2024
2023 → 2024
Trade insights
What flows between South Carolina and Romania
Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components make up 32.8% of what South Carolina imports from Romania, while chemicals lead the goods South Carolina sends back.
What South Carolina imports from Romania
- Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components$192.4M33%
- Transportation Equipment$121.8M21%
- Computer & Electronic Products$109.7M19%
- Fabricated Metal Products, Nesoi$77.2M13%
- Machinery, Except Electrical$46.1M8%
- Textile Mill Products$24.0M4%
- Other sectors$14.9M3%
What South Carolina exports to Romania
- Chemicals$14.2M31%
- Transportation Equipment$11.2M25%
- Computer & Electronic Products$8.8M19%
- Fabricated Metal Products, Nesoi$3.7M8%
- Nonmetallic Mineral Products$1.8M4%
- Food & Kindred Products$1.5M3%
- Other sectors$2.9M6%
Community
The Romanian-American community
An estimated 5,225 residents of South Carolina identify as Romanian-American — ranking #23 of 51 nationwide.
Community trends
How the Romanian community in South Carolina grew
An estimated 756 Romanian-born residents call South Carolina home.
Top counties
in South Carolina- Lexington County261
- Beaufort County113
- Spartanburg County85
- Anderson County77
- Richland County56
Insufficient PUMS sample size for this state. Use national estimates. Showing national Romanian-born trends for context.
Estimated Romanian-born residents in South Carolina: 756.
Arrivals by decade
Romanian-born residentsHighlighted bar: peak decade. EU accession (2007) and post-2010 Schengen liberalization accelerated arrivals.
- The 2010s were the biggest immigration decade with 40,047 Romanian-born arrivals — 4x the 2000s
- 38.6% of Romanian-born US residents have become US citizens
- Highly educated: 27.2% hold a bachelor's degree or higher — well above the US average of ~35%
- Strong graduate education: 20.4% hold a master's, professional, or doctoral degree
Faith communities
2 Romanian-affiliated churches
The Romanian-American community in South Carolina sustains 2 registered parishes across 2 denominations.
View all 2 parishes
- Romanian Bible Baptist ChurchBaptist
Greenville, SC
- River of Life ChurchPentecostal
Greenville, SC