Author: Ernst & Young Romania Published on: 2008-11-07
The industrial production increased with 2.9% during the first 8 months of the year, compared to the similar period of the previous one, and the respective increase was achieved due to the processing industries (that reached an increase of 5.3%),
electricity and thermal energy, water and gas production (+7.2%) according to preliminary data announced by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
During the mentioned period, the extractive industry decreased by 0.7%. Analyzing the major industrial categories, there are registered increases in the tangible assets industry (+10.6%), everyday goods and services (+8.4%), intermediary goods (+2.1%) and the electricity industry (+1.5%). On the other hand, the supplies of primary energy sources and the electricity sources increased by 0.5% and respectively 0.8% throughout January-August, compared to the previous 8 months of the last year.
The top primary energy sources totalized 27.41 mn tonnes of oil equivalent. The total turnover for retail, except for car and motorcycle sales, increased with 16.6% during the first 8 months of this year, compared to the similar period of the previous
one, according to INS. The increase achieved during the initial 8 months of the year is caused both by non-food products sales that increased with 18.9% as well as food products, beverages and tobacco products sales that increased by 14%.
