BUCHAREST, 17th April, 2024 (WAM) -- Romania's industrial turnover in the first two months of 2024 was 5.4 percent up in nominal terms compared to the same period of the year before, reported AGERPRES, the national news agency of Romania.
AGERPRES quoted the National Institute of Statistics (INS) as saying on Wednesday that this was mainly due to the 7.1 percent growth recorded in the manufacturing industry.
The mining industry slumped 25.2 percent in the reporting interval. By major industrial groups, growth in turnover was as follows: capital goods (+10.6 pct), energy (+4.8 pct), FMCG (+4 pct), durables (+2.9 pct), intermediate goods (+1.6 pct).
On a monthly basis, the industrial turnover increased by 11.7 percent overall in February as a result of growth in the manufacturing industry (+12.1 pct) and the mining industry (+1 pct).
By major industrial groups, turnover growth was recorded in the durable goods industry (+18.1 pct), the intermediate goods industry (+17 pct), the capital goods industry (+11 pct), the FMCG industry (5.9 pct), and the energy industry (+5.6 pct). YoY, the industrial turnover was 8.2 percent up overall this February as a result of the advance in the manufacturing industry (+9.4 pct); the mining industry dropped 17.6 pct.
The year-over-year growth in the major industrial groups in February 2024 was as follows: energy (+13.5 pct), capital goods (+11.3 pct), durables (+6.9 pct), intermediate goods (+5.5 pct), the FMCG industry (+5.3 pct).