Output in the mining sector increased 10.6% on the month in April, while manufacturing production advanced 9.6%. However, energy production edged down 0.8% in April from the previous month.
The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 8.5% in April, again helped by rising production in most sectors.
Manufacturing output was up 15.6% on the year, while mining production increased 11.1%, the data showed. Production in the energy sector declined 5.6% year-on-year in April.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 4% on the month in April and was up 18.9% compared with the same month of 2012.