According to the State Statistical Office data, the industrial production volume index in June 2017, in comparison with June 2016,
was 104.0.
The industrial production in the section Mining and quarrying in June 2017, in comparison with June 2016, increased by 7.5%,
in the section Manufacturing it increased by 2.4%, while in the section Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it
increased by 18.7%.
The increase in the section Manufacturing is mostly due to increased production in the divisions Manufacture of beverages,
Manufacture of tobacco products, Manufacture of textiles, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical
preparations, Manufacture of rubber and plastic products, Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, Manufacture
of electrical equipment, Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. and Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers.
The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in June 2017, in comparison with June 2016, was higher in Energy by
27.0%, Capital goods by 20.7% and Non-durable consumer goods by 1.9%, but lower in Intermediate goods, except energy by
3.2% and Durable consumer goods by 26.5%.
The industrial production index in the period January - June 2017, in comparison with January - June 2016, was 101.2.
