Romania's foreign trade deficit increased in September from a year ago, figures from the National Institute of Statistics showed Wednesday.

According to rttnews, the trade deficit rose to EUR 786.8 million in September from EUR 745 million in the corresponding month last year. In August, the shortfall was EUR 1.02 billion.

Both exports and imports grew by 6.7 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively in September from a year ago.

During the first nine months of the year, total trade deficit of the country was EUR 6.93 billion versus EUR 5.54 billion deficit in the same period of 2015.