Manufacturing production increased 1.7% on the month in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
However, output in the mining sector fell 4.1% in July from a month earlier, while energy production was down 2.5%.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 5% in July, boosted by increases in most sectors, the data showed.
Manufacturing output advanced 5.6% on the year, while production in the energy industry was up 2.7%. Mining output fell 3.4% in July from the year-earlier month.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production declined 1.8% on the month in July, but was up 1.7% compared with the year-ago month.