INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITH WHEAT (2009-2011)

The study relates to the situation of international trade activities related to wheat for 2009-2011. It starts with the presentation of the current situation in the continents (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania), then create an overview of global imports and exports and specifying Romania's role in the market. Regarding the import situation, the main importer is represented by Asia, followed by Africa and Europe - 35.89, 26.18 and 23.28% respectively (in terms of quantity). Quantities of imported wheat ranged uniformly worldwide, which is due to situations in Asia and Europe (sinuous trend of decline and strictly downward evolution) - on the one hand, and trends from Africa, Oceania and the Americas (the first two strictly ascending last ascending-uniformly). Romania is not a major player, in terms of imports, the global market share accounting for 0.44 and 0.35% respectively of the quantities imported values - even less beneficial. Changes in indicators was one uneven - both quantitative and ascending - at value level during the period. When referring to the situation of exports in terms of quantity, the main actors are represented by Europe and Americas. They have dominated the world market, achieving 47.21 and 37.68% respectively of world export quantity. Oceania ranks third with a share of 11.03%, while Asia and Africa have very low weights (4.0 and 0.08% respectively). Quantities exported globally evolved unevenly (as in the African continent), the rest have been descending Europe and ascending Asia, Oceania and Americas. As for imports, and exports Romania is not a major player in the global market (average weights of 1.45 and 1.23% respectively for quantities exported values) - favorable situation.