Sales of intermediate goods rose by 2.7% in the year in August, while capital goods sales grew by an annual 1.8%, INS said in a press release.
Sales of durable goods rose by 4.7%, while sales non‐durable goods edged up by 0.1% in August this year compared to August 2018. Sales of energy fell by an annual 4.2% in August.
During January-August, industrial sales were 5.8% higher on the year.
In 2018, Romania's industrial sales rose by an annual 11.8%.
Romania's industrial sales, breakdown by sector (percentage change year-on-year):
Aug y/y | July y/y | Jan-Aug | |
Total | 1.2 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
- mining | 13.2 | 20.2 | 13.9 |
- manufacturing | 0.9 | 6.8 | 5.5 |
Source: INS