Romania's economy inched 0.3% higher in unadjusted data and grew by 2.3% in seasonally adjusted data in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024, provisional estimates (2) from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (October 10).
Romania's trade balance posted a deficit of EUR21.94 billion in January-August 2025, higher by 4.9% (+EUR1.024 billion) than the level recorded in the same interval of 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (October 10).
Caress Society, active on the cosmetics import and wholesale market, is also entering production, building a plant in Filipestii de Targ, Prahova county.
Merlins Beverages, a company that has in its portfolio brands such as Vitamin Aqua and Pop Cola, is readying to complete by 2026 an EUR50 million investment in a new plant.
OMV Petrom, Romania’s sole oil and gas producer, in the third quarter of 2025 registered total hydrocarbon output of around 105 thousand boe per day, a leap from 102 thousand boe/day in the second quarter of the year, but below the level of Q3/2024, of 107 thousand boe/day.
Fast food chain Fryday, established by Lucian Florea from Suceava, is entering the distribution market and will be a direct importer of American Martin's buns, a well-known product in the "burger world."
Bacau-based Simba Invest, one of the largest distributors of fast-moving consumer goods in Romania, posted about RON831.9 million (EUR167.2 million) revenue in 2024, down slightly, by 0.5% in lei, compared with 2023’s RON836.6 million (EUR169.1 million), according to ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.