Industrial production decreased by 3.0%
In April 2017, the volume of industrial output declined by 3.0% year-on-year. Based on working-day adjusted data, the production grew by 2.5%. Compared to the raw data, this significant difference is due to the fact that there were three fewer working days in April 2017 than a year earlier.
Year-on-year, output rose by 4.9% in the first four months of this year.
The volume of industrial production in April – according to seasonally and working-day adjusted indices – was below the level of the previous month by 0.8%.
Volume indices of industrial production
(%)
| Period | Non-adjusted (crude) | From the beginning of the year | Working-day adjusted | Seasonally and working-day adjusted, previous month = 100.0 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| corresponding period of previous year = 100.0 | |||||
| 2016 | April | 104.7 | 101.1 | 104.7 | 106.6 |
| May | 109.1 | 102.6 | 104.1 | 99.3 | |
| June | 99.4 | 102.1 | 99.4 | 97.6 | |
| July | 95.4 | 101.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | |
| August | 110.8 | 102.1 | 103.2 | 101.3 | |
| September | 96.3 | 101.4 | 96.3 | 97.2 | |
| October | 98.2 | 101.1 | 98.2 | 102.3 | |
| November | 100.7 | 101.0 | 100.7 | 100.9 | |
| December | 99.5 | 100.9 | 101.9 | 100.4 | |
| 2017 | January | 106.9 | 106.9 | 102.0 | 100.3 |
| February | 102.7 | 104.7 | 107.1 | 103.1 | |
| March | 113.4 | 107.8 | 110.0 | 100.7 | |
| April | 97.0 | 104.9 | 102.5 | 99.2 | |