March 13 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial production increased 0.7% year-on-year in January, following a 0.8% drop a month earlier, the national statistical office, INS, said on Wednesday.
On a seasonally and working day-adjusted comparison basis, industrial output growth accelerated to 0.8% on the year in January, from a 1% drop in December.
Based on seasonally-and working-day adjusted figures, industrial output decreased 1.6% month-on-month in January.
Industrial output, breakdown by industry (pct change, y/y unadjusted, m/m seasonally and working day adjusted):
|
Jan y/y |
Dec y/y |
Jan m/m |
Dec m/m |
Industrial output |
0.7 |
-0.8 |
-1.6 |
-0.9 |
- mining |
3.2 |
-8.7 |
-3.4 |
-5.2 |
- manufacturing |
1.2 |
-0.6 |
1.7 |
-1.1 |
- energy |
0.2 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
3.4 |
source: INS
Romania's industrial output increased by an annual 3.5% in 2018.