Romania's foreign trade deficit decreased slightly in April from a year ago, figures from the National Institute of Statistics showed Monday.

The trade deficit dropped to EUR 1.01 billion in April from EUR 1.05 billion in the corresponding month last year. The shortfall also fell from EUR 01.06 billion in March.

Both exports and imports advanced by 9.7 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively in April from last year, says rttnews.