Significant figures for Romanian exports to the US were recorded in the following product categories: semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel - €217.8 million; panels, consoles, desks, cabinets, etc. - €169.9 million; radar apparatus - €104 million; seamless tubes, pipes and hollow profiles - €77.1 million; ball, roller or needle bearings - €76 million; electric motors and generators - €72.7 million; strands, cables, plaited bands, slings - €50 million; other alloy steels in ingots or other primary forms - €47 million; liquid pumps - €42.8 million.
At the same time Romania imported from the US products such as: weapons of war, other than revolvers, pistols - €103.6 million; bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles, cartridges - €30 million; parts and accessories for weapons of war, for revolvers and pistols, for other firearms and devices using explosive charges, for other weapons - €14.9 million; other aircraft (helicopters, aeroplanes) - €96 million; transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television - €68 million; petroleum/bituminous mineral oils - €68.5 million; turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines - €58.9 million; flat-rolled products of stainless steel - approximately €31 million; well gas and other gaseous hydrocarbons - €25.7 million.
As part of a raft of tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, exports from the EU will be taxed by an extra 20%. Romanian PM Marcel Ciolacu suggested that Romanian companies could receive national financial support if they are impacted by the US-EU trade war.
