Imports into Romania from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into Romania from China were €2.32bn in Q2 2026, up 6.1% (€132m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Electric generating sets and rotary converters (HS 8502): €66m, up 241.6% from €19m
- Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped… (HS 8537): €43m, up 229.5% from €13m
- Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or… (HS 2404): €19m, up 66.3% from €11m
Top 3 falling headings
- Parts suitable for use solely or principally with electric motors and… (HS 8503): €14m, down 69.3% from €47m
- Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. (HS 7326): €19m, down 55.5% from €43m
- Air conditioning machines comprising a motor-driven fan and elements… (HS 8415): €65m, down 35.5% from €101m
Headings (HS4) worth at least €6m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from €3.12 for Articles of iron or steel, n.e.s. to €89.09 for Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or… Why € per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–Romania Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-eu-trade-pulse/romania/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: Eurostat (Comext, DS-045409); quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–Romania Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: Eurostat, Comext database, dataset DS-045409 (EU trade since 1988 by HS2-4-6 and CN8): reporter Romania, partner China, imports, through Eurostat's free dissemination API.
- Values are in euros as Eurostat publishes them. Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 99 (other products) and 00 (confidential totals) are excluded.
- Eurostat revises recent months; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures Eurostat has published.
- Weight-based € per kg ranks categories; it does not measure freight cost directly, which depends on volume.
Source: Eurostat. Re-use of Eurostat data is authorised provided the source is acknowledged (Eurostat copyright notice). The figures on this page are aggregated and calculated from Eurostat's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.