Mining production increased 2.8% on the month in September, while manufacturing output edged up 0.2%. Energy output declined 1.1% 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 nudged down 0.1% in September, due to a 1.2% decrease in manufacturing production.
Production in the mining sector advanced 7.1% on the year, while energy output rose 1.8%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 12.2% on the month in September, but was down 4% compared with the same month of 2011.