Romania PPI up 7.2 pct y/y in August

BUCHAREST, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Romanian industrial producer prices

rose 7.2 percent on the year in August and were up 1.3 percent on the month, data from the National Statistics Board showed on Tuesday.

Following is a table of August industrial producer price figures.

AUGUST JULY

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCER PRICES

change mth/mtn (pct) 1.3 1.0 change yr/yr 7.2 5.7 MINING pct change month/month 0.8 1.4 pct change year/year 5.1 4.8 MANUFACTURING pct change month/month 1.5 0.7 pct change year/year 7.5 5.6 POWER SECTOR pct change month/month 0.4 2.3 pct change year/year 4.8 4.9

POWER DISTRIBUTION/SEWAGE

pct change month/month 0.2 0.5 pct change year/year 20.5 23.7

(Reporting by Ioana Patran; Editing by Luiza Ilie)

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