Mining output dropped 17% in the first quarter, the utilities sector declined 4.6%, and manufacturing grew 0.9%.
Industrial output was 0.1% higher in March compared with April, due to a 4.3% growth in the utilities sector, offset by a 6.4% decline in mining output and a 0.5% decline in manufacturing output.
Compared with March 2015, seasonally adjusted industrial output was down 0.4% in March 2016, on the back of a 21.6% drop in mining output. The utilities sector declined 2.2% and manufacturing increased 1%.
In unadjusted data, Romania’s industrial output grew 0.6% in the first quarter compared with the same period last year. Unadjusted output grew 10.3% in March compared with February and grew 2.9% compared with March 2015.