According to the State Statistical Office data, the industrial production volume index in October 2020, in comparison with October 2019, was 94.8.
The industrial production in the section Mining and quarrying in October 2020, in comparison with October 2019, decreased by 1.5%, in the section Manufacturing it decreased by 6.2%, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 3.7%.
The decrease in the section Manufacturing is mostly due to decreased production in the divisions, Manufacture of food products, Manufacture of beverages, Manufacture of textiles, Manufacture of wearing apparel, Manifacture of other non-metalic mineral products, Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, Manufacture of electrical equipment and Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers.
The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in October 2020, in comparison with October 2019, was lower in Energy by 0.2%, Intermediate goods, except energy by 3.3%, Durable consumer goods by 35.4% and Non-durable consumer goods by 11.1% but was higher in Capital goods by 1.3%,
The industrial production index in the period January - October 2020, in comparison with January - October 2019, was 88.7.
