The utilities sector posted a 3.4% decline on the month in November and the mining industry dropped 2%, while manufacturing grew 0.6%.
Compared with November 2014, Romania’s industrial output declined 2.6%, adjusted for seasonal factors and number of working days, as the manufacturing industry posted 1.8% growth. The utilities sector grew 0.4% but the mining industry dropped 20.9%, the data showed.
In January-November, the country’s industrial output dropped 3.1% compared with the corresponding period the year before, due to 3.4% growth in manufacturing, 2.7% growth in utilities, and 11.6% decline in mining.
In unadjusted data, Romania’s industrial output declined 4.4% in November compared with October and grew 1.9% compared with November 2014. In January-November, the country’s industrial output posted annual growth of 2.6% in unadjusted data.