October 6 (SeeNews) - Romania's industrial sales fell by 17% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2009, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said on Tuesday.
In August alone, industrial sales were 10.5% lower month-on-month and 16.9% lower than a year earlier.
Romania's industrial sales rose by an annual 7.3% in the first eight months of last year and increased by 5.4% in 2008.
Romania's industrial sales, breakdown by sector (percentage change year-on-year):
|
Jan-Aug'09 |
August '09 |
Total |
-17.0 |
-16.9 |
- mining |
-12.1 |
-15.3 |
- manufacturing |
-17.2 |
-17.0 |