Output in manufacturing rose by 7.6 %, in mining and quarrying it went up by 36.1 %, whereas in electricity and gas supply it fell by 44.6 %.

Increased industrial production output was recorded in all three largest manufacturing sectors: in manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture, it increased by 0.1 %, in manufacture of food products by 8.9 %, and in manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, by 12.3 %. Higher output ...