Mining output decreased 7.7% on the month in August, while manufacturing production inched down 0.1%. Energy output was up 1.5% month-on-month.
The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output rose 5.6% in August, supported by an 8.1% increase in manufacturing production.
Mining output was down 7.6% on the year, while energy production declined 2.7%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production fell 15.7% on the month in August, but was up 4.3% compared with the same month of 2012.