# Romania HS 720421 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 720421 exports from Romania: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | Romania |
| HS6 | 720421 |
| Latest exports | $35.6M |
| Active destinations | 20 |
| Three-year growth | -18.2% |
| Destination HHI | 2,363 |
| Weighted share | 13% |

## Destination markets

- Austria: $14.0M; share 25.4%; growth +12.3%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Norway at $436.0K / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Latvia at $72.3 / ton.
- Median reported price: $1.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 37,825.2%.

## Export history

- 2010: $84.7M
- 2011: $64.2M
- 2012: $48.8M
- 2013: $36.4M
- 2014: $36.2M
- 2015: $25.0M
- 2016: $17.6M
- 2017: $21.6M
- 2018: $28.1M
- 2019: $24.0M
- 2020: $28.8M
- 2021: $62.6M
- 2022: $43.7M
- 2023: $36.1M
- 2024: $34.3M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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