December 13 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial production growth accelerated sharply to 11.6% year-on-year in October, following a 4.2% annual rise in the previous month, the national statistical office, INS, said on Wednesday, citing unadjusted data.
On a seasonally and working day-adjusted annual comparison basis, industrial output rose by 9.6% in October, following a 7.6% rise in September.
In the first ten months of 2017, factory output increased by 8.2% year-on-year on unadjusted basis.
Industrial output, breakdown by industry (pct change, y/y unadjusted, m/m seasonally and working day-adjusted):
|
Oct y/y |
Sept y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sept m/m |
Jan-Oct y/y |
Industrial output |
11.6 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
-0.7 |
8.2 |
- mining |
7.9 |
11.1 |
-4.0 |
-1.3 |
6.1 |
- manufacturing |
12.9 |
4.2 |
2.4 |
-1.5 |
8.8 |
- energy |
-2.2 |
1.9 |
-4.1 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
source: INS
Romania's industrial output rose by 1.7% in 2016.
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