Manufacturing output increased 3.5% on the year in 2015, the utilities sector posted 1.3% growth, while the mining industry declined 12.5%, the data showed.
In December 2015, Romania’s industrial output declined 11.8% in unadjusted data and 0.3% in adjusted data compared with November.
Compared with December 2014, industrial output grew 4% in December in unadjusted data and 2.2% in adjusted data, driven by growth in manufacturing (+6.7% in unadjusted data and +3.4% in adjusted data), while the mining sector posted double-digit decline (-21.2% in adjusted data and -19.9% in adjusted data).