According to the State Statistical Office data, the industrial production volume index in March 2016, in comparison with March
2015, was 108.9.
The industrial production in the section Mining and quarrying in March 2016, in comparison with March 2015, decreased by
7.5%, in the section Manufacturing it increased by 15.4%, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
it decreased by 14.2%.
The increase in the section Manufacturing is mostly due to increased production in the divisions Manufacture of food products,
Manufacture of beverages, Manufacture of wearing apparel, Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, Manufacture
of machinery and equipment n.e.c., Manufacture of electrical equipment and Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers.
The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in March 2016, in comparison with March 2015, was higher in Intermediate
goods, except energy by 3.2%, Capital goods by 63.6% and Non-durable consumer goods by 5.4%, but lower in Energy by 19.9%
and Durable consumer goods by 26.8%.
The industrial production index in the period January - March 2016, in comparison with January - March 2015, was 110.7.
