In unadjusted data, industrial output was up 3.3% on the month in July and 3.8% compared with July 2014.
Output increased on the month in July driven by a 13.45 growth in the utilities sector and 2.8% growth in manufacturing output, while output in the mining sector declined 3.6%, the data showed. In adjusted data, utilities rose 7%, manufacturing rose 1.4%, and mining output was down 5.7%.
Compared with July 2014, the utilities sector grew 9% (8.4% in adjusted data), manufacturing was up 4.3% (4.2% in adjusted data), while mining sector output dropped 19.2% (16.1% in adjusted data).
In January-July, the country’s industrial output rose 3.2% on the year, adjusted for number of working days and seasonal factors, due to a 3.6% increase in manufacturing output and 1.3% in the utilities sector, slightly hindered by a 7.1% drop in mining output.
In unadjusted data, Romania’s industrial output grew 2.6% on the year in the first seven months, the statistics institute showed.