Maior: Record increase in 2017 of Romanian-US commercial exchanges - consolidation of strategic partnership economic dimension

The commercial exchanges between Romania and the US increased in 2017 by 18.5 percent from 2016, reaching at present 3,149.4 million USD, Romania's Embassy to the US informs, quoting official information released by the US Department of Commerce.

In 2017, the trade balance shows that Romania exported to the US goods worth 2,201.3 million USD, and imported goods accounting for 948.1 million USD.

"The record increase of the level of commercial exchanges between Romania and the United States of America show the consolidation of the economic dimension of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The year 2017 stood out through the biggest Romanian commercial mission within the event Select USA, and the biggest US commercial mission to Romania within the Trade Winds event. The growth potential of the bilateral economic relation in the next years is huge both through the confirmation of some US strategic investments and through the stimulation of Romanian exports to the US," Romania's Ambassador to the United States of America George Cristian Maior said. AGERPRES (RO - editor: Mariana Nica; EN - editor: Adina Panaitescu)