05.04.2015

Back in 2008, aluminum smelter Alro Slatina (ALR.RO), Romania’s largest electricity consumer, accounted for 7% of the country’s consumption. Last year, it accounted for only 5.7%, following a 25% more

04.20.2015

Romania’s industrial sector used 29 TWh of electricity last year, 18% more than in 2013 and also more than in 2008, when consumption reached 22.4 TWh. One reason for the increase is the move of some more

03.26.2015

The reduction of the sales tax and other taxes stipulated in the new Tax Code will boost consumption as long as this is reflected in shelf prices, said Bogdan Belciu, partner at PwC Romania, adding more

03.17.2015

The ten largest natural gas consumers connected directly to the Transgaz (TGN.RO) transmission network used about 3.3 billion cubic meters of gas last year or 27.5% of the entire amount of gas used in more

02.27.2015

The local sweets market in 2014 reached 27,000 tons, almost 5,000 tons (20%) higher than in 2009, but consumption is still considerably lower compared with other European countries, reveals a ZF more

02.19.2015

Natural gas consumption in Romania declined 4% last year, on lower demand from fertilizers producers and a mild winter, while electricity consumption stagnated, according to OMV Petrom. more

01.26.2015

Romanians spend RON200 on average each month on foodstuffs and spirits and non-alcoholic drinks, with the largest part of this sum, almost 45%, being used for buying meat and bakery products. more

01.22.2015

Romania has limited growth potential of electricity demand by 2025, of only 0.7%, which is expected to fall to just 0.2% a year should the deindustrialization process of the high-energy intensive more

01.15.2015

Romania’s energy consumption reached the highest level of the past three years at the end of last week amid the low temperatures, with coal as the main production source, doubled by hydropower more

01.12.2015

Energy regulator ANRE expects electricity and natural gas consumption to stall this year or even decline slightly amid moves to boost energy efficiency, after electricity demand contracted by 3.8% and more

01.08.2015

More than 70% of the monthly consumption expenditures of a Romanian household go to food, utilities and fuel. Conversely, the least money, 0.5%, is spent on education. more

12.11.2014

The consumption of products bought and consumed at home increased by 2% in the first half of the year, a GfK study has found. more

12.04.2014

Romania’s spirits market contracted by 36% in the first nine months of this year and the last quarter, which accounts for 40% in annual consumption, is not likely to bring the market back to growth more

11.07.2014

Romania has just 18 breweries left, covering consumption of 16.2 million hectoliters, with three production units being shut down during the crisis, according to the latest Brewers of Europe report. more

11.05.2014

Energy consumption in Romania resumed growth in the first nine months of this year, according to data provided by Transelectrica, the state-run power grid operator. A 1.1% advance was reported against more

10.27.2014

Romania cannot hope for annual economic growth of 5% in the next ten years in the lack of consumption and investments. This was one of the conclusions of last week’s ZF Expert meeting that was more

10.09.2014

Romania’s beer market will witness a single-digit contraction rate in 2014 considering the first half trend (minus 9%) and the rainy summer, but on the long-term it is set to resume growth, more

09.25.2014

This summer’s beer consumption in Romania was weaker than last year’s and there’s little time left until yearend for the first half's declines to be recouped, says Onno Rombouts, president of more

09.15.2014

For Rompetrol, Romania’s second largest oil group, the option of buying gas filling stations is now more likely because only one of the 15 gas stations the company was planning to open this year has more

08.19.2014

Romania used 3.2% less electricity in the first half, as well as 4.7% less natural gas and almost 3% less fuel. more

08.12.2014

Romania’s natural gas consumption fell 5% on the year in the January-June period, while domestic demand for electricity was down 2%, according to estimates from the country’s largest oil and gas more

08.06.2014

Romanian final electricity consumption is expected to fall 8.3% on the year to around 45.9 terawatt hours in 2014, according to a government document drafted by the Economy Ministry. more

07.29.2014

Ahead of the summer months, beer sales in Romania fell 20% in May, when they should have normally started to pick up, being the worst decline since May 2005. more

07.27.2014

Romania’s meat and cold cuts consumption fell by approximately 25% in the last five years due to the lower purchasing power, and faced a downward trend in the first half of 2014 as well, Ovidiu more

07.07.2014

Each Romanian consumer bought 22 ice creams in stores last year and paid EUR11 (about 50 lei) for them. The best-selling ice cream types were the impulse buys (cones and popsicles), according to a ZF more