Manufacturing dropped 0.3%, mining fell 3%, and the utilities sector fell 0.8%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial output grew 1.2% on the month in October, with an 8.1% growth in the utilities sector and +0.7% in manufacturing, offset by a 3.3% decline in mining.
Compared with October 2014, adjusted industrial output increased 2.8%, driven by 4.3% growth in the utilities sector and 2.7% growth in manufacturing, while the mining industry dropped 19.8%. In unadjusted terms, industrial output remained unchanged in October compared with October 2014.
In January-October, Romania’s industrial output grew 3.2% compared with the same period in 2014, with 3.5% growth in manufacturing, 2.9% growth in the utilities sector, and a 10.6% decline in the mining sector. In unadjusted data, industrial output grew 2.7% on the year in the first ten months.