Energy output advanced 4% on the year in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors, while production in the manufacturing and mining industries rose 5% and 4.5%, respectively.

The industrial output was unchanged in October compared with the previous month. Production in the the mining and energy sectors decreased 0.9% on the month, but the manufacturing output was up 0.2%, the data showed.

In January to October, the adjusted industrial production was up 7% compared with the same period of 2010.

In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production dropped 1.2% on the month in October, but was up 4% compared with the year-ago month.