consumption

Romania 2010 Gas Consumption Up 4.8% To 146.7M MWh

Romanian natural gas consumption rose 4.8% to 146.7 million MWh in 2010, from around 140 million MWh a year earlier, the country’s energy regulator ANRE said in a report Monday.

Romanian Ctrl Bk: Stimulating Consumption, Bad Idea For Economy

Romania’s economic growth should be based primarily on local production, rather than consumption, central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Wednesday.

Romanian Consumers Among Most Affected By Crisis In 2010 – GfK

Romanian and Greek consumers felt the worst effects of the crisis and the high public debt out of all Europeans last year, while Germans were the best off, according to a study by GfK.

Romania Transelectrica Sees Power Consumption Rising 2% In 2011

Romanian power consumption is likely to grow by around 2% to 54.8 TWh in 2011, aided by increase demand in industry, the head of state-run power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) told MEDIAFAX.

Romania’s Electricity Consumption Up 4.7% In 2010

Romania’s electricity consumption rose by 4.7% on the year in 2010, and is estimated to increase by at least 1% in 2011, according to state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica’s (TEL.RO).

Romanians Drink Less Spirits Because Of The Recession

Consumption of spirits in Romania has decreased this year to 5 liters per capita from 6 liters per capita last year because of the recession, Romulus Dascalu, head of the Garant employers’ association in the industry, told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Retailers Expect Consumption To Keep Shrinking In ‘11

Consumption is expected to continue declining in Romania next year, because of widening unemployment and lower consumer confidence, retailer representatives said at a seminar organized by Business Magazin.

Romania Per Capita Fizzy Drink Consumption At Nearly 60L, Similar To Developed Countries

Consumption of fizzy drinks in Romania reached nearly 58 liters per capita in 2009, more than twice the average consumption of emerging countries in the region, but close to the average of developed countries, according to estimates of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC).

Romanians Plan To Save Up, Go Out Less, Attend Church More Often

Romanians living in urban areas will try this year to save up in the bank, go out less often and go to church more, after living worse in 2009 than they did between 2006 and 2008 and having had to cut down on spending, according to a study by Daedalus.

Romania’s Natural Gas Consumption Fell 15% In 2009

Natural gas consumption in Romania dropped last year by 15%, to 140 million MWh (13.2 billion cubic meters), according to data released Monday by the country's energy watchdog ANRE.

Romania’s Pwr Consumption Touches Past Years’ High Due To Cold

Romania’s electricity consumption touched Monday night the highest value of the past years, respectively 9,300 megawatts, due to the cold front sweeping the country and taking temperatures below minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Romania’s Electricity Consumption Seen Up 1% In 2010 – Transelectrica

Romania's electric power consumption might increase by 1% in 2010, after an 8.3% fall last year, according to Octavian Lohan, deputy general manager of state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO).

Over Half Of Romanians Bought No Books In 2009 – Survey

Over half of Romanians, namely 51%, bought no books in 2009, compared with 46% in 2008, according to a survey presented Thursday evening by the Romanian Center for Cultural Study and Research.

Appetite For Consumption, Retail Expansion In Romania Seen Reviving In 2H 2010

Romanians’ appetite for consumption and investors' initiative for retail expansion will return in the second half of 2010, officials of real estate service company Cushman&Wakefield said Tuesday.

Romania Beef Consumption At 10% Of Total Meat Consumption, Well Below EU Avg

Beef accounts for only 10% of Romanians’ total meat consumption, compared to an EU average of 40%, and Romanians only ate 2.6 kilograms of beef per capita in the first five months of the year, according to data of the Ministry of Agriculture.

Romanian Fuel Consumption Seen Slightly Up By YrEnd, After 10% Fall In 1H – MOL

MOL Romania, the local unit of Hungary's oil group MOL, expects a slight increase in fuel consumption by the end of the year, after a fall of over 10% on the segment of corporate clients in the first half of the year.

Romania’s Gas Consumption Totally Covered This Winter – Econ Min

Romania’s gas consumption nationwide is totally covered by the local production and gas deposits, while thermal power plants using alternative fuel, due to the halt in Russian natural gas imports, are functioning normally, the Economy Ministry said Thursday.

Romanian Consumers To Buy Cheaper Products, Due To Fincl Crisis – GEA

Romanian consumers will focus on cheaper products and a cut in consumption is also possible, following the recent financial turmoil, Liviu Voinea, the executive manager of the Group of Applied Economics, or GEA, said Tuesday.

Romanian Police Issues National Drug Consumption Report

The youngest age stated by a respondent, when asked when they started to use cannabis, was 11, but 76.6% of users stated starting ages below 24, according to the Romanian National Report on Drug Consumption, presented Thursday in Bucharest.

Romanian Gas Bills To Be Invoiced In MWh, As Of July 1

The natural gas household bills will be invoiced in megawatts hour as of July 1, replacing the current bills expressed in cubic meters, Romania’s Energy Watchdog ANRE said Thursday.

Romanian CPI Seen Rising 0.45%-0.5% On Mo In May – FinMin

Romania’s consumer price index is expected to rise 0.45%-0.5% on the month in May compared with a 0.52% monthly rise in April, Romania’s Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Monday.

Romania’s Cap City Needs EUR1B Invest For Electric Network Devt

Romania’s capital city Bucharest needs EUR1 billion investments in developing the electric networks in the next four or five years, due to increasing electric power consumption, director general with Romanian state-owned power grid Electrica Serban Tudor said Wednesday.

Romanian Feb CPI +0.7% On Mo, +7.97% On Yr

Romania’s consumer price index rose 0.7% on the month in February, on higher utility prices, taking the annual rate to 7.97%, its highest level since March 2006, the National Statistical Institute, or INS, said Tuesday.

Thermal Pwr Consumption In Romania Down By Over 25% In Last Three Yrs

The average thermal power consumption in Romania went down by over 25% during the last three years, according to the Romanian Association of Thermal Power Metering Services Providers (ANPSC).

Romanians Spend More Than Bulgarians On Consumer Goods – Report

Private spending on consumer goods increased 12% in the first half of the year in Romania, faster than in neighboring countries, according to a report of the GfK market research institute.