Manufacturing production decreased 3.5% on the month in August, while output in the mining sector dropped 0.4%. On the other hand, production in the utility sector went up 4.6% compared with July.
The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, industrial production increased 4.7% in August, reflecting growing output in most sectors.
Manufacturing and mining output rose 5.6% and 9.5% on the year, respectively, but energy production went down 5.5%, the data showed.
In the January-August interval, the industrial output was up 9% compared with the year-earlier period, supported mainly by the manufacturing sector.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production fell 20.2% on the month in August, and was flat compared with the same month of 2013.