Industrial output was up 3.1% compared with February 2014 in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.

Output in the manufacturing sector went up 4.4% in February compared with the same month of 2014, but production in the mining and utility sectors fell 5.4% and 6.8%, respectively.

Compared with January, the adjusted production was flat, with a minor growth in the manufacturing industry. Manufacturing output inched 0.1% higher on the month, but production in the utility sector declined 4.3% compared with January, while mining output went down 1.7% on the month.

In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production went up 4.8% on the month in February, and was 3.2% higher than in the same month of 2014.

In the first two months of the year, the industrial production was up 3.3% on the year in adjusted data, and 2.4% in unadjusted figures.