FOREWORD

The issue of Foreign Trade Yearbook represents an editorial event expected by

all those who use these statistical information for analyses regarding Romanias
evolution from economic point of view or for establishing the business policies
and strategies
!s a future member of "uropean #nion$ foreign trade of our country has a
significant contribution for economic integration$ Romania being a more and
more active partner abroad
%ata and information published in Foreign Trade Yearbook are compatible
with the data produced by statistics of countries member of "uropean #nion$
Romanian statistics being fully compliant with methods and standards stipulated
in the !c&uis 'ommunautaire
(ational )nstitute of *tatistics use the data from Foreign Trade Yearbook in
order to provide a detailed image of the structure of goods$ allowing also the
evaluation of geographical orientation of foreign trade
To this edition of Foreign Trade Yearbook is attached its electronic form as
well$ on '%+R,-$ much easily usable for users
) would like to express my thanks to all those who contributed to drawing up
this paper$ data providers and users of statistical data and information$ and not
least to the (ational 'ustoms !uthority which represents at this moment$ the
main source of data regarding exchange of goods between Romania and other
countries
) use this opportunity to inform you that following the Romanias accession to
"uropean #nion$ foreign trade statistics will go through changes due to
implementation of )ntrastat statistical system
-ore information about )ntrastat system are available on (*)s website