Romania’s industrial output contracted by 2.8% q/q, in seasonally and workday adjusted terms, and by 1.9% y/y in the first three months (Q1) of the year, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The performance of the manufacturing sector was even weaker: it contracted by 3.8% q/q and 3.3% y/y.   Romania’s industry thus returns to the long-term downward pattern, after short-lived enhanced activity during the last three quarters of 2025.