Romania retail market went through a contrasting first quarter in 2026, according to the Romanian Retail Marketbeat Q1 2026 report published by Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Romania’s economy contracted by 1.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026, a much weaker performance than expected, while inflation sped up to 10.71% per year in April, the highest in three years, two reports published by the economists of BCR, the local subsidiary of Erste Group, say.
Building materials producer TeraPlast reported RON235.5 million consolidated turnover in January-March 2026, down 6% from Q1/2025. Volumes sold also dropped, from 29,000 tons to 27,000 tons.
Romania industrial production rose in March 2026 by 11.6% against the previous month in unadjusted data, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday, May 13.
The average net salary in Romania rose by 6.9% in March 2026 against February, to RON5,938, but against the year-earlier period the advance stood at just 4.3%, below the inflation rate, data published by the country’s statistics office show.
Romania annual inflation rate in April 2026 jumped to 10.7%, after eight months with price increases of above 9%, data from the country's statistics office INS showed on Wednesday, May 13rd.
Romania’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2026 by 1.7% in unadjusted data from the year-earlier period and by 1.5% in seasonally adjusted data, the country’s statistics office INS said on Wednesday, May 13rd.
CON-A Operations, controlled by entrepreneur Mircea Bulboaca, in association with UTI Construction and Facility Management, owned by businessman Tiberiu Urdareanu, and Poland’s Zue Spolka Akcyjna, have won a contract of around EUR115 million with Cluj-Napoca city hall to design and execute Cluj metropolitan train stations.