BUCHAREST: Romania's trade deficit widened 2.6 percent on the year to 4.28 billion euros (5.34 billion US dollar) in the first nine months, the National Statistics Board said on Monday.

The statistics board said CIF (cost/insurance/freight) imports rose 6.6 percent to 43.4 billion euros in January-September and exports grew 7.1 percent to 39.1 billion euros.

September's trade shortfall was 485 million euros, with exports rising 6.6 percent from the same period of last year.

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