Romania Industrial Output Decline Eases Slightly

Industrial output in Romania declined by 5.2% year-on-year in June 2026, easing slightly from a revised 5.4% drop in May, which was the sharpest fall since March 2025. The contraction moderated in mining and quarrying (-0.5% vs. -4.7% in May). In contrast, manufacturing output fell further (-6.0% vs. -5.7%), weighed down by declines in beverages (-9.8% vs. -8.9%), coke and refined petroleum products (-21.6% vs. -13.9%), chemicals and chemical products (-14.1% vs. -1.8%), pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical preparations (-7.5% vs. -0.7%), and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (-15.5% vs. -15.4%). The contraction also deepened in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-2.5% vs. -2.2%). On a monthly basis, industrial output fell by a softer 0.7% in June, following a 2.8% decline in May. In January-June, industrial production was 3.5% lower than in the corresponding period last year.

Industrial production in Romania declined 5.3% year-on-year in May 2026, following a revised 3.0% drop in April and marking the sharpest fall since March 2025. The decline in manufacturing output deepened (-5.5% vs -4.3% in April), amid steeper declines across most subsectors, notably the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (-15.3% vs -14.5%), fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (-4.3% vs 1.0%), rubber and plastic products (-4.5% vs 1.0%), chemicals and chemical products (-1.6% vs 0.1%), and furniture (-23.0% vs -16.9%). Output in mining and quarrying also contracted further (-4.8% vs -1.0%), while electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply fell 3.1%, reversing a 3.8% rise in the previous month. On a monthly basis, industrial output decreased 2.8%, after a revised 1.6% increase in April. In the January–May period, industrial production was 3.1% lower than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

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.