Manufacturing production increased 1% on the month in February, but output in the energy and mining sectors was down 4.8% and 3.5%, respectively. The data are adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
In annual terms, the country’s adjusted industrial output advanced 5.4% in February, helped by rising production in most sectors.
Manufacturing output was up 7.1% on the year, while mining production increased 7%, the data showed. However, production in the energy sector declined 13.2% year-on-year.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production rose 3.1% on the month in February and was up 6.8% compared with the same month of 2012.