Manufacturing production rose 1.3% on the month in July, while energy output was up 0.3%.

However, mining output declined 2.4% from a month earlier, data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors showed.

In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 1.9% in July, fueled by increased activity in all sectors.

Energy production advanced 9.6% on the year, while production in the mining and manufacturing sectors rose 5.5% and 0.6%, respectively.

In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production increased 2.1% on the month in July, and was up 2.9% compared with the same month of 2011.