The local industry generated more revenues between January and April this year, due to the 3.2% increase in the mining industry and the 1.6% increase in the manufacturing industry.

The capital goods industry grew its turnover by 6.7%, whereas the turnover of the durable consumer goods industry went up by 4.9%. The energy industry dropped by over a fifth (21% between January and April).

However, the industry’s turnover went down by 7.2% in April compared to March and by 0.8% compared to April 2014.  The drop in April was due to the 14% decrease in the mining industry and the 6.9% slide in manufacturing. (Source: Romania-insider.com)