Romania's industrial turnover increases despite big drop in April

The industrial turnover in Romania increased by 1.7% year-on-year in the first four months of 2014. The local industry generated more revenues between January and April this year, due to the 3.2% increase in the mining industry and the 1.6% increase in the manufacturing industry. The capital goods industry grew its turnover by 6.7%, whereas the turnover of the durable consumer goods industry went up by 4.9%. The energy industry dropped by over a fifth (21% between January and April). However, the industry’s turnover went down by 7.2% in April compared to March and by 0.8% compared to April 2014. The drop in April was due to the 14% decrease in the mining industry and the 6.9% slide in manufacturing. editor@romania-insider.com