Raben Group in Romania

2016.06.16
Romania has the 49th place in the world in terms of GDP. It is the gateway to the Balkans, Turkey, Asia and North Africa. According to Polish statistical data, Polish-Romanian trade exchange in the period from January to March 2016 amounted to EUR 1,115.2m, which is a growth by 7.8% on the same period of the previous year. Within this period, Polish export to the Romanian market was valued at EUR 742.9m (a growth by 13.1%), whereas Polish import reached the amount of EUR 372.2m (a drop by 1.4%). (1)
In June 2016 Raben Group opened the first company in Romania, depot in Arad and Bukarest. The decision to expand on that market was determined by the company mission, which is building the competitive advantage of its Customers. "Trade exchange with Romania is improving every year. We see that many of our Customers, also from Poland, are investing in Romania. We want to be there with our Customers to support their business and development. We also want to share our global know-how and over 85 years of experience with local manufacturers in order to build their position on the local and on the European market. We believe that our developed network of over 130 branches located in 11 European countries and the reliable and tested IT solutions will be very helpful in that."- comments Valentin Storoj, Managing Director of Raben Logistics Romania.Primary goods exported from Poland to Romania are:
  • machinery and equipment (26% share of the export)
  • means of transport (16.3% of overseas sales)
  • metals and metal products (9%)
  • textiles (7.5%)
  • mineral products (6.2%, a 30% increase in the value of sales in comparison with 2013)
  • plastics, raw rubber and product made from them (5.7%) (2)
Primary goods import from Romania are:
  • machinery and equipment (27% share of the import)
  • steel products (11%)
  • chemical products (10.2%)
  • mineral products (10.1%)
  • means of transport (8.6%, 18% growth in the value of imported cars)
  • plastics, raw rubber and product made from them (7.4%) (3)
(1) https://romania.trade.gov.pl/pl/aktualnosci/194196,polsko-rumunska-wymiana-handlowa-po-3-miesiacach-2016-roku.html(2) https://romania.trade.gov.pl/pl/wymiana-handlowa/1549,Co-kupi%C4%87,-a-co-sprzeda%C4%87.html(3) https://romania.trade.gov.pl/pl/wymiana-handlowa/1549,Co-kupi%C4%87,-a-co-sprzeda%C4%87.html