Manufacturing grew 1.8% in February compared with January, the mining industry grew 1.2%, while the utilities sector posted a 6.8%.
Compared with February 2015, industrial output declined 0.2% in adjusted data, as the mining industry posted a 13.5% decline, utilities dropped 8.8%, but manufacturing grew 1.8%.
In January-February, Romania’s adjusted industrial output fell 0.5% compared with the same period in 2015. Mining output fell 14.2%, the utilities sector fell 6.1%, while manufacturing increased 1%.
In unadjusted data, the country’s industrial output grew 8.1% in February compared with January and grew 0.8% compared with February last year. In the first two months of 2016, industrial output declined 0.5% on the year in unadjusted data.