Industrial output for the first seven months of this year grew 6.5 percent in absolute volume, as compared to the similar period of last year, following production increases posted in almost all economic sectors, according to the National Statistics Commission (CNS).
The highest increases were reported by the energy industry, whose output was 13.1 percent higher, as well as by the extractions industry, which managed to post an 8.8 percent expansion. In the case of the processing industry, the increase was by 5.3 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively.
The encouraging evolution registered on the first half of this year was interrupted in July, when output remained almost flat, registering approximately the same level posted month-on-month, though in comparable conditions a 2.3 percent increase was registered against the same number of working days.
Against the average of year 1999, industrial output posted in July was 11 percent higher in absolute volume and 12.2 percent higher under comparable conditions from the point of view of the number of working days.
At the same time, at the end of the first semester, the value of industrial product supplies reached 189,396 billion lei, of which 29,985 billion lei in July.
During this period, companies exported industrial products worth 41,041 billion lei, with the extracting industry still holding the heaviest weight.
Total turnover recorded by enterprises operating within the industrial domain in June advanced 4.5 percent month-on-month, increases being registered in all sectors. Still, on the entire first half, turnover registered by industrial enterprises dropped 6.9 percent, as compared to the first six months of year 1999.