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Romania,industrial turnover up 11.7 pc in 2017

INS, most important increases in energy,mining and manufacturing

09 February, 11:30
(ANSA) - BUCHAREST - Romania's industrial turnover advanced 11.7 percent in 2017 y-oy, with the most important increases having been recorded in mining and quarrying and manufacturing, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Friday, as Agerpres news agency reports.

Turnover increases by large industrial groups were recorded in the following sectors: energy (+ 22.5 percent), capital goods (+ 16.2 percent), intermediate goods (+ 10.2 percent), durables (+ 8.2 percent) and consumer goods (+ 5.5 percent).

The most important contributions to the 2017 industrial turnover were provided by mining and quarrying, with a 20.5-percent rise compared with 2016 and manufacturing (+ 11.5 percent).

According to INS, industrial turnover in December 2017 as against December 2016 increased by 11.4 percent as a result of increases in mining and quarrying (+ 44.3 percent) and manufacturing (+10.4 percent).

December against November 2017, industrial turnover declined 12.2 percent as a result a 13-percent drop in manufacturing.

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