Industrial output was up 0.9% compared with December 2014 in data adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors.
Output in the manufacturing sector went up 2.9% in January compared with the previous month, but production in the mining and utility sectors fell 4.8% and 2%, respectively.
Compared with January 2014, the adjusted production rose 3.4%, fueled by a 5.2% growth in the manufacturing industry. Production in the utility sector declined 6.6% in January from the same month of 2014, while mining output went down 1% year-on-year.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production went up 4.4% on the month in January, and was 1.2% higher than in the same month of 2014.