# Romania Agriculture and food Export Opportunities (HS 01-24)

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Explore Romania HS 01-24 agriculture and food export opportunities, product portfolio, buyer markets, growth signals, and diversification opportunities.

## Overview

- Exporter: Romania (ROU)
- Sector: Agriculture and food
- HS chapters: HS 01-24
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Sector exports: $502.5M
- Products: 34
- Buyer markets: 21
- Average CAGR: +19.1%
- Global sector size: $148.4B

## Product portfolio

| Product | Global size | Your exports | Opportunity | CAGR | Markets | Share |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS 100590 - Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $17.1B | $133.3M | $16.4B | +0.7% | 5 | +0.9% |
| HS 210690 - Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $14.5B | $2.3M | $7.7B | +24.4% | 3 | +0.0% |
| HS 220300 - Beer: made from malt | $7.6B | $132.9K | $7.6B | +9.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190590 - Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $9.1B | $1.8M | $7.2B | +28.4% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 220890 - Spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages: n.e.c. in heading no. 2208 | $4.9B | $40.8K | $6.6B | +8.0% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 120190 - Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $7.0B | $7.9M | $5.9B | +8.5% | 4 | +0.1% |
| HS 100119 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $3.4B | $242.3M | $4.6B | +27.4% | 1 | +8.4% |
| HS 240220 - Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $4.4B | $33.7M | $4.3B | +48.6% | 2 | +0.7% |
| HS 090111 - Coffee: not roasted or decaffeinated | $10.3B | $7.8K | $4.0B | -8.3% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 100630 - Cereals: rice, semi-milled or wholly milled, whether or not polished or glazed | $4.1B | $210.2K | $3.9B | +105.0% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 151211 - Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $3.9B | $35.8M | $3.8B | +20.1% | 2 | +0.6% |
| HS 230910 - Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $5.0B | $7.0M | $3.7B | +19.8% | 3 | +0.1% |
| HS 151411 - Vegetable oils: low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, crude | $3.2B | $10.9M | $3.4B | +74.3% | 2 | +0.3% |
| HS 220421 - Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less | $7.6B | $7.3M | $3.1B | +2.7% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 150910 - Vegetable oils: olive oil and its fractions, virgin, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $5.0B | $84.4K | $2.8B | +16.7% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 040690 - Dairy produce: cheese (not grated, powdered or processed), n.e.c. in heading no. 0406 | $5.4B | $10.0M | $2.7B | -1.1% | 2 | +0.1% |
| HS 190110 - Food preparations: of flour, meal, starch, malt extract or milk products, for infant use, put up for retail sale | $3.6B | $104.6K | $2.7B | +28.6% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220820 - Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc | $2.2B | $939.7 | $2.5B | -11.8% | 2 | +0.0% |
| HS 170290 - Sugars: n.e.c. in heading no. 1702, including invert sugar and other sugar and sugar syrup blends containing, in the dry state, 50% by weight of fructose | $1.2B | $0.0 | $2.0B | -17.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 070960 - Vegetables: fruits of the genus capsicum or of the genus pimenta | $2.2B | $7.4K | $1.9B | +51.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 151790 - Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils of heading no. 1516 | $1.2B | $22.6 | $1.8B | -33.8% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 020714 - Meat and edible offal: of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, cuts and offal, frozen | $2.6B | $14.7K | $1.8B | +12.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 190531 - Food preparations: sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa | $2.4B | $247.3K | $1.6B | +8.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 010229 - Cattle: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals | $1.9B | $4.0M | $1.6B | -3.9% | 1 | +0.2% |
| HS 090121 - Coffee: roasted, not decaffeinated | $2.0B | $6.1K | $1.5B | +16.1% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 220830 - Whiskies | $2.1B | $2.1K | $1.5B | -10.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 170490 - Sugar confectionery: (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | $3.2B | $1.1M | $1.5B | +16.3% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180100 - Cocoa beans: whole or broken, raw or roasted | $3.7B | $173.2 | $1.4B | -13.4% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 180620 - Chocolate & other food preparations containing cocoa: in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, content exceeding 2kg | $1.4B | $28.3K | $1.4B | +25.9% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 060290 - Plants, live: n.e.s. in heading no. 0602 | $1.5B | $288.3K | $1.3B | +8.5% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 100199 - Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.2B | $3.4M | $1.3B | -4.1% | 1 | +0.3% |
| HS 030214 - Fish: fresh or chilled, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho), excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0302.91 to 0302.99 | $1.0B | $11.0K | $1.3B | +159.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 240210 - Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos: containing tobacco including the weight of every band, wrapper or attachment thereto | $1.5B | $6.8 | $1.3B | -16.2% | 1 | +0.0% |
| HS 081190 - Fruit, edible: fruit and nuts n.e.s. in heading no. 0811, uncooked or cooked, frozen whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | $849.7M | $326.8K | $1.2B | +59.5% | 1 | +0.0% |

## Best markets

- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA): $44.3B calculated opportunity across 17 products.
- China (CHN): $14.7B calculated opportunity across 9 products.
- Germany (DEU): $8.6B calculated opportunity across 5 products.
- Mexico (MEX): $7.5B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Egypt (EGY): $7.4B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Canada (CAN): $5.2B calculated opportunity across 3 products.
- Italy (ITA): $3.2B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Japan (JPN): $2.9B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Turkey (TUR): $2.8B calculated opportunity across 2 products.
- Viet Nam (VNM): $2.8B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- India (IND): $2.7B calculated opportunity across 1 products.
- Philippines (PHL): $2.2B calculated opportunity across 1 products.

## Growth stars

- HS 030214: +159.2% average CAGR, $1.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: +105.0% average CAGR, $3.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151411: +74.3% average CAGR, $3.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 081190: +59.5% average CAGR, $1.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 070960: +51.5% average CAGR, $1.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 240220: +48.6% average CAGR, $4.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190110: +28.6% average CAGR, $2.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: +28.4% average CAGR, $7.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100119: +27.4% average CAGR, $4.6B calculated opportunity.
- HS 180620: +25.9% average CAGR, $1.4B calculated opportunity.

## Diversification opportunities

- HS 100590: 5 buyer markets, $16.4B calculated opportunity.
- HS 120190: 4 buyer markets, $5.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 210690: 3 buyer markets, $7.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 230910: 3 buyer markets, $3.7B calculated opportunity.
- HS 190590: 2 buyer markets, $7.2B calculated opportunity.
- HS 240220: 2 buyer markets, $4.3B calculated opportunity.
- HS 090111: 2 buyer markets, $4.0B calculated opportunity.
- HS 100630: 2 buyer markets, $3.9B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151211: 2 buyer markets, $3.8B calculated opportunity.
- HS 151411: 2 buyer markets, $3.4B calculated opportunity.

## Method

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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