December 12 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial sales growth rate rose to 17.2% year-on-year in October from 11.8% in September, the country's statistical office, INS, said on Tuesday.
October industrial sales were influenced by a considerable growth of sales in mining and manufacturing, INS said in a press release.
By main industrial groups, energy sales surged 30.5% and sales of capital goods increased 20.4% compared to October 2016. Sales of non-durable goods rose 8.6%, sales of durable goods went up 10.8%, and intermediate goods sales climbed 18.1% on the year.
On a monthly comparison basis, Romania's industrial sales grew by 3% in October, following a 9.4% advance in September.
In October, relative to September, energy sales went up 14.7%, sales of capital goods increased by 4.4%, sales of durable goods went up 3.1% and sales of intermediate goods rose 2.4%. On the other hand, sales of non‐durable goods dropped 1.8% on the month.
In the first ten months of 2017, industrial sales rose 11.6% on the year, INS figures showed.
In 2016, Romania's industrial sales increased 4.7%.
Romania's industrial sales, breakdown by sector, percentage change:
|
Oct y/y |
Sep y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sep m/m |
Jan-Oct y/y |
Total |
17.2 |
11.8 |
3.0 |
9.4 |
11.6 |
- mining |
30.1 |
28.5 |
5.5 |
6.6 |
16.8 |
- manufacturing |
16.9 |
11.5 |
2.9 |
9.4 |
11.5 |
source: INS