Ores and Metal Exports (As % of Merchandise Exports) rose 3.60% to 0.021 in Romania in 2017

Ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports reached 0.021 in 2017 in Romania, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 3.6 % more than in the previous year.

Historically, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Romania reached an all time high of 0.069 in 2000 and an all time low of 0.020 in 2016. When compared to Romania's main peers, ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports in Bulgaria amounted to 0.142, 0.013 in Hungary, 0.014 in Moldova and 0.084 in Ukraine in 2017.

Romania has been ranked 79th within the group of 129 countries we follow in terms of ores and metal exports as a percentage of merchandise exports, 28 places behind the position seen 10 years ago.

Ores and metals comprise commodities such as: i) crude fertiliser or minerals nes, ii) metalliferous ores, or scrap and iii) non-ferrous metals.