{"id":40123,"date":"2026-02-12T14:34:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/?p=40123"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T08:09:34","slug":"romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Ukraine & Romania economic dialogue<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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\u20ac1 bn<\/h4>\n

RO has been a net exporter to UA since 2023, peaking \r\nat \u20ac1 bn<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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RO is the EU\u2019s 5th largest host of UA refugees<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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19th<\/h4>\n

UA is RO\u2019s 19th trading partner in services and recipient of 6% of extra-EU export of services in 2023<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Largest RO companies in Ukraine are in trade&logistics, IT, construction<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Centre for Economic Strategy (CES), an independent Ukrainian think tank that analyzes key public policies and promotes support for reforms.<\/p>\n

With donor support, CES has launched a series of studies on trade relations between Ukraine and the European Union countries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Free movements of goods and services<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Pre-war: UA was a net exporter of iron ore, wires, steel products, and minerals<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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1.1%<\/h4>\n

Pre-war: 1.1% of RO’s total imports came from UA<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Since 2022: RO is a net exporter of ammunition, petroleum oils, and energy, amounting to \u20ac650 m<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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RO’s export of services to UA doubled from 2021 to 2022, mainly due to rerouting of UA trade through the port \r\nof Constanta and an influx \r\nof UA refugees to RO. This led \r\nto an increase in transport and tourism-related services<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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Trade Balance UA-RO 2024<\/h2>\n
\n Top 5 goods in Romania-Ukraine foreign trade in 2024, EUR million <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Free movement of persons and capital<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Pre war:<\/div>\n
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Ukrainians in RO, mostly women<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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+194k<\/div>\n

under temporary protection scheme (October 2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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4%<\/div>\n

of Ukrainian refugees in Europe live in RO<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n

~68% are working age; 24% neither employed nor seeking employment; 22% are children under 14<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n

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RO FDI in UA in 2021 \u2014 \u20ac24 mln<\/div>\n
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new RO companies registered in UA since full-scale invasion as of September 2025, 886 operate in Ukraine<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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RO FDI in UA in 2023 \u2014 UAH \u20ac23 mln<\/div>\n
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most attractive sectors in UA include construction, IT, trade&logistics\u00a0and defen\u0441e tech<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n

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RO’s FDI stock in UA, EUR million<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n \n
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Tighter co-operation potential<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n\n
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    Improvements to border infrastructure and transport routes can contribute significantly to economic growth in Romania and Ukraine.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Joint R&D and production diversification in the defence\u00a0and agrifood industry can benefit both countries.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n

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    Cross-border cooperation can also support both countries in facing similar economic and environmental challenges.<\/p>\n <\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n \n

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    Interesting fact<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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    Romania served as the first commercial electricity trading link with Ukraine, with exports beginning on 30 June 2022. The initial commercial capacity of 100 MW was subsequently expanded\u00a0to 300 MW in December 2022, and then to 1,050 MW combined capacity with Moldova by April 2023.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    The brochure is produced\u00a0by\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0\u00a0with the support of the\u00a0Askold and Dir Fund\u00a0as a part of the\u00a0the Strong Civil Society of Ukraine \u2014 a Driver towards Reforms and Democracy project,\u00a0implemented by ISAR Ednannia,\u00a0funded by Norway and Sweden. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of\u00a0Centre for Economic Strategy\u00a0and can in no way be taken to reflect the views\u00a0the\u00a0Government of Norway, the Government of Sweden and ISAR Ednannia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Romania served as the first commercial electricity trading link with Ukraine, with exports beginning on 30 June 2022. The initial commercial capacity of 100 MW was subsequently expanded to 300 MW in December 2022, and then to 1,050 MW combined capacity with Moldova by April 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":40192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-country-research.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[660],"experts":[662],"news_type":[],"class_list":["post-40123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-list-en","tag-eu-partnerships","experts-nataliia_kolesnichenko-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40123"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41973,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40123\/revisions\/41973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40123"},{"taxonomy":"experts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/experts?post=40123"},{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ces.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=40123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}