Mining production decreased 7.5% on the month in February, while manufacturing output was down 2.3%.
However, output in the energy sector rose 14.9% in February, after a 5.2% decline a month earlier, according to the data, which are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output inched down 0.6% in February, again driven by lower output in most sectors.
Mining output fell 6.9% on the year, while production in the manufacturing industry decreased by 2.2%. Energy output was up 17.2% on the year.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 2.4% on the month in February, but was down 1.2% compared with the same month of 2011.