While manufacturing sales were down 1.2% on the month in April, the durable goods industry declined 4.7%, intermediary goods were down 3.1%, capital goods declined 1.4%, and the energy sector declined 1.2%. On the other hand, the consumer goods industry posted monthly growth of 1.8%.
Compared with April 2015, Romania’s industrial sales grew 9.3%, as the manufacturing industry grew 10.6%. However, the mining sector posted a decline of 23.8%.
Durable goods grew 25.3% in April compared with April 2015, capital goods grew 14.7%, consumer goods grew 11.7%, and intermediary goods grew 3.4%. The energy sector declined 0.9%, the data showed.
In January-April, the country’s industrial sales grew 4.3% compared with the same period last year, due to a 5.3% growth in manufacturing sales. The mining industry, on the other hand, was down 21.8%.
Durable goods grew 20.7% in the first four months, capital goods grew 10.2%, consumer goods grew 6.9%, while intermediary goods declined 0.3%, and the energy sector declined 14.8%.