The production adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors in the manufacturing industry rose 3.5% on the year in the first six months, while mining industry output fell 5.2%. Production in the utility sector was the same as in the first half of 2014, the data showed.
In June alone, the industrial production was up 1.7% in adjusted data compared with May. Production in the utility sector rose 2.3% on the month in June, but output in the manufacturing and mining sectors went down 1.7% and 2.5%, respectively, the statistics office said.
Compared with June 2014, Romania’s industrial production was up 2.7% in adjusted data. Output in the utility sector rose 5% year-on-year in June, manufacturing industry production increased 0.9%, while mining sector output fell 5.9%.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production went up 2.6% on the month in June, and was 3.1% higher compared with the same period of 2014.