Energy output rose 5.7% on the month in March, while the manufacturing production was up a mere 0.1%. Output in the mining sector was down 3.4%, in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output advanced 5.5% in March, helped by rising production in the manufacturing sector, which was up 6.8%.
The energy output was down 1.9% compared with March 2012, while the mining production fell 1.1%, the data showed.
In the first quarter, Romania’s industrial production was 4.8% higher on the year in adjusted data. Output in the manufacturing and mining sectors rose by 6% and 3.8% respectively, but energy production was down 5.6% from the first quarter of 2012.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 5.7% on the month in March and was up 1.3% compared with the same month of 2012.