The export from and import in Romania is largely liberalized.

Government Decision no. 215/1992 (HG 215/1992) provides the basic principles and rules of the import and export regime in Romania :

1. the export and the import transactions can be performed only by companies entitled to carry out such operations under their declared object of activity;

2. the exports and imports of goods in Romania are not - in their main part - subject of any import and export licensing;

3. for certain categories of goods - namely those subject to the control regime according to Romania' s international commitments, export and import licensing are required;

4. for counter-trade operations or being registered in clearing, barter or cooperation accounts a specific form of import and/or export licence is required; this kind of licences are used only for banking purposes;

5. the Ministry of Industry and Commerce may establish temporary quantitative import restrictions

6. the Ministry of Industry and Commerce may introduce the control over some imported goods or ban them, in accordance with international rules, for health, environment and national security reasons based on international conventions to which Romania is participating.

7. the licences, where necessary, are issued by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce