Trade and Jobs: Romania

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Romanian companies’ exports outside the EU are worth €48.2 billion in 2024. And this keeps 1.2 million workers busy in the EU.

Romanian extra-EU exports support 1 million jobs in Romania.
Another 236,000 workers in Romania are in jobs linked to exports from other EU countries to the world.
This means 14.4% of jobs in Romania depend on extra-EU exports.
Romanian extra-EU exports also support over 80,000 jobs in EU countries.

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12 November 2021

EU exports support 38 million jobs in the EU

This is one of the many figures in a new report released today by the European Commission, showing just how important an open trade policy is for European employment.

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