The industrial production was flat in April, as the 5.6% output growth in the utility sector was offset by declines in the mining sector and the manufacturing industry. The production adjusted for the number of working days and seasonal factors in the mining sector went down 2.6% on the month, while manufacturing industry output fell 2.4% against March.
Compared with April 2014, the industrial production was up 4.1% in adjusted data, despite a 7.9% decline in the mining industry.
Manufacturing output rose 2.5% on the year in April, while production in the utility sector increased 8.4%, the data showed.
The adjusted industrial output rose 3.4% on the year in the January-April period, supported by growth in the manufacturing sector.
In unadjusted data, Romanian industrial production went down 6.5% on the month in April, but was 1.8% higher than in the same period of 2014.