October 12 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial production increased 10.3% year-on-year in August, following a 7.4% rise a month earlier, the national statistical office, INS, said on Thursday.
On a seasonally and working day-adjusted monthly comparison basis, industrial output rose by 9.8% in August, following a 1.5% drop in July.
In the first eight months of 2017, factory output increased by 8.2% year-on-year.
Industrial output, breakdown by industry (pct change, y/y unadjusted, m/m seasonally and working day-adjusted):
|
Aug y/y |
July y/y |
Aug m/m |
July m/m |
Jan-Aug y/y |
Industrial output |
10.3 |
7.4 |
2.0 |
-1.5 |
8.2 |
- mining |
18.7 |
5.4 |
6.0 |
-5.2 |
5.2 |
- manufacturing |
11.2 |
8.1 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
8.9 |
- energy |
-1.6 |
-0.2 |
-0.6 |
-2.1 |
1.8 |
source: INS
Romania's industrial output rose by 1.7% in 2016.