In December 2022, industrial production dropped by 10.3% in unadjusted data compared to December 2021 and by 6.3% when adjusted for seasonality and the number of working days.
All the three industrial sectors were in the red, with the steepest decline being registered for electricity and thermal energy, gas, hot water and air conditioning production and supply (-17.5%), followed by the processing industry (-9.3%) and the mining industry (-1.5%).
Against November 2022, in the last month of 2022 industrial production was lower both in unadjusted data (-14.4%) and adjusted data (-1.6%).
The processing industry declined by 19% and the mining industry by 2.5% in unadjusted data. Instead, production and supply of electricity, steam, gas and air conditioning rose by 12.6%.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)