Industrial output was up 3.2% compared with January-March 2014 in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
Output in the manufacturing sector went up 4.6% in the first three months compared with the same period of 2014, but production in the mining and utility sectors fell 2.9% and 3.9%, respectively.
In March alone, the adjusted industrial production inched 0.3% higher on the month. Manufacturing output was up 0.6% on the month, mining output increased 3.2%, but production in the utility sector declined 2.5% compared with February.
Compared with March 2014, the industrial production was up 2.9% in adjusted data, again supported by the manufacturing industry.
Manufacturing output rose 3.9% on the year in March, but production in the mining and utility sectors went down 3.2% and 2.5%, respectively.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production went up 7.7% on the month in March, and was 4.4% higher than in the same month of 2014. The industrial output was up 3.3% year-on-year in trhe first quarter in unadjusted data.