Industrial output in Romania down 0.2% in April this year

Industrial output in Romania, adjusted series reporting to the working day and seasonally, decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous month, due to lower manufacturing, but increased with 6.3 percent compared to the same month, last year. In raw series, the industrial output decreased with 10.8 percent compared to March this year, but recorded an increase of 3.6 percent over the same month last year. In the first four months of 2011, the industrial output, adjusted series, recorded an increase of 8.9 percent compared to the same period last year, due to the increases reported in manufacturing, in production and supply of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, and mining. In raw series, the increase was of 9.4 percent. By main industrial groups, increases were recorded in all categories of goods, such as intermediate goods industry, up 15.9 percent, durable goods industry, up 11.3 percent, capital goods industry, up 9.3 percent, the energy industry, up 3.5 percent and household goods industry, up 2.5 percent. Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com (foto source: sxc.hu)