Manufacturing output grew 5.6% on the month in May, while mining grew 7.5%, and the utilities sector declined 0.1%.
In unadjusted data, industrial output grew 16.1% on the month in May.
Compared with May 2016, seasonally adjusted industrial output increased 15.3%, as manufacturing output grew 16.1%, mining output grew 13.2%, and the utilities sector grew 2%, the data showed.
In unadjusted terms, industrial output grew 17.3% in May compared with May 2016.
In January-May, Romania’s seasonally adjusted industrial output grew 8.4% compared with the same period last year. Manufacturing grew 8.1% on the year in January-May, the utilities sector grew 4%, and mining output dropped 0.1%.
In unadjusted terms, the country’s industrial output grew 7.8% on the year in January-May, the data showed.