ROMANIA’S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE EU CONTEXT

Abstract

Romania faced repeated political instability after 1990, which has affected the continuity and viability of the national agricultural system. Thus, these transformations have prevented the development of a stable, competitive agricultural sector, negatively influencing the evolution of rural areas in recent decades. These developments have, often, been accentuated by the adaptation to the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union with the country’s accession to the EU in 2007. This paper presents an analysis of agricultural production: statistical data show that, although Romania has the potential to meet domestic demand for agri- food products, our country currently imports significant quantities of food, which has caused the trade balance in this sector to be negative for three decades.