Manufacturing output decreased 14.2% on the month in May, while energy and mining production declined 8.3% and 5.6%, respectively. The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output decreased by 1.2% in May, largely due to a 15.6% decline in energy production.
Mining output was up 4.9% on the year, while manufacturing production edged up 0.3%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production fell 7.4% on the month in May and was down 2.1% compared with the same month of 2012.