The utilities sector posted 4.6% growth on the month in July, manufacturing output grew 1.5%, and mining grew 0.3%.
Compared with July 2015, industrial output declined 0.5% in seasonally adjusted data, as mining output declined 20.4%, the utilities sector grew 4.9% and manufacturing grew 3.4%.
In January-July, Romania’s seasonally adjusted industrial output grew 0.1% compared with the same period last year, with a 19.6% decline in mining output and a 0.8% decline in the utilities sector. Manufacturing grew 2.2%.
In unadjusted data, industrial output grew 2.6% in July compared with June and 1.1% compared with July 2015. In January-July, the country’s industrial output grew 1.3%, the data showed.