Energy production declined 3.4% on the month in October, while mining output was down 1.8%. On the other hand, production in the manufacturing sector edged up 0.2% month-on-month, data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors showed.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output nudged down 0.1% in October, on falling production in most sectors.
Energy output fell 1.4% on the year, while manufacturing production decreased by 0.7%, the data showed. However, mining output rose 6.1% in October from the year-earlier month.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 6.8% on the month in October, and was up 3.9% compared with the same month of 2011.