Romania’s industrial production, which makes up about 20 percent of the economy, increased by 12.7 percent in the first eight months of the year compared to the same period last year, supported by the manufacturing industry, which ticked an advance of 13.7 percent and of production and supply of electricity and heat, gas, hot water and air conditioning with an increase of 12.3 percent, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics. During the same period, the INS estimates that the extractive industry decreased by 1.6 percent. In August, the industry increased by 3 percent year / year, but decreased by 9.9 percent compared to July 2021.
