Romanian Industrial Output Falls Further in March

Industrial production in Romania fell 3.1% year-on-year in April 2026, following a downwardly revised 2.1% decline in the previous month. This marked the lowest reading since January, as manufacturing output contracted further (-4.4% vs -3.2% in March), particularly in basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; other non-metallic mineral products; basic metals; electrical equipment; motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers; furniture; and other manufacturing. At the same time, activity in the mining and quarrying sector declined (-1.0% vs 1.3%), weighed by continued drops in the mining of coal and lignite, the extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, and other mining and quarrying activities. Growth in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply also eased (3.4% vs 4.6%). On a monthly basis, industrial output rose 1.5%, the strongest increase since April last year, after an upwardly revised 0.4% gain in March.

Industrial production in Romania fell 2.2% year-on-year in March 2026, following an upwardly revised 1.6% decline in the previous month. Output continued to contract in manufacturing (-3.1% vs -2.3% in February), particularly in the production of beverages; coke and refined petroleum products; chemicals and chemical products; basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations; rubber and plastic products; other non-metallic mineral products; basic metals; machinery and equipment n.e.c.; and motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers. Meanwhile, activity in the mining and quarrying sector rebounded (1.3% vs -2.9%), supported by softer declines in the mining of coal, lignite, and metal ores, alongside a recovery in other mining and quarrying activities. Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply also edged higher (3.8% vs 3.7%). On a monthly basis, industrial output rose 0.3% in March, reversing a 0.4% decline in February.

Industrial production in Romania fell by 1.5% year-on-year in February 2026, slowing from a downwardly revised 3.5% drop in the previous month, which had marked a ten-month low. Industrial output declined at a softer pace in the manufacturing sector (-2.4% vs -6.0% in January), with notable increases seen in the manufacture of food products, beverages, paper and paper products, chemicals and chemical products, computer, electronic, and optical products, and other transport equipment. Meanwhile, activity dropped further in mining and quarrying (-3.1% vs -1.6%), driven by lower output in metal ores, coal and lignite, and crude petroleum and natural gas. Additionally, growth in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply moderated to 4.4% from 9.8% in the previous month. On a monthly basis, industrial output fell by 0.4% in February, easing from an eighteen-month low of a 3.0% loss in the preceding period.