Socol: Industrial production growth, argument for reaching goal 'Romania, industrial center of Eastern Europe'

The increase of industrial production, the workforce with high productivity, but also the fact that the industry contributes by a third to GDP are just some of the minimal arguments for reaching the tactical objective "Romania - industrial center of Eastern Europe", prime minister's counsellor Cristian Socol said in a release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

"Romania can become the top economy of Eastern Europe by stimulating the competitive advantages we benefit from. The industrial production growth by 9.7 percent in the first seven months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, the fact that the industry contributes by a third to the GDP, the existence of clusters for competitiveness in IT in Romania, equipment, the automotive, food and pharmaceutical industries, the workforce with high productivity and the huge potential for accessing European funds through the Operational Sectoral Programme Raising Economic Competitiveness can be considered minimal arguments for achieving the tactical objective Romania — industrial center of Eastern Europe," claims Cristian Socol.

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