The evolution of the Romanian vegetable trade in the world context

The paper aims to study the reaction of the Romanian vegetable sector to the disruption of trade flows due to the Covid-19 pandemic, analysing the evolution of the trade of the main vegetable products in the last decade in Romania and making comparisons with the most important vegetable producing countries both within the EU and outside the EU. The study also makes a brief analysis of world trade, in which the main trends, its size and perspectives are analysed at global level. Short-term global forecasts anticipate a further increase in vegetable consumption, but at the same time signal many uncertainties related to the evolution of energy and gas prices, as well as the increasingly manifestation of a new actor, namely climate change. In this context, the results reveal that Romania remains a net importer of vegetables. The negative trade balance deepened continuously during the analysed period, the deficit increasing and exceeding 400 million euros in 2019.