Manufacturing production fell 1.1% on the month in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
However, output in the mining sector rose 6.2% in April from a month earlier, while energy production increased by 3.2%.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 6.3% in April, boosted by increases in all sectors, the data showed.
Mining output advanced 10.2% on the year, while production in the energy and manufacturing industries was up 9.6% and 5.7%, respectively.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production fell 10.8% on the month in April, but was up 3.6% compared with the year-ago month.