Industrial production lessened by 1.5% year-on-year and by 1.8% compared to the previous month
The volume of industrial production lagged behind the one year earlier level by 1.5% in February 2026. The working day adjusted index is equal to the non-adjusted one. A production decrease occurred in the majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 1.8% lower than in January 2026.
In February 2026:
The volume of industrial production decreased by 1.5% compared to the same period of the previous year. (Compared to the February data published in the first estimate, the data in the second estimate did not change.)
Industrial output– according to seasonally and working-day adjusted indices – was below the previous month’s level by 1.8%.
The industrial export stayed at the level of February 2025. The manufacture of transport equipment export, representing a 32% weight within export sales in manufacturing declined by 3.2%, the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products export, accounting for a 16% weight, went up by 18.0%.
Domestic sales of industry declined by 5.7%, those of manufacturing decreased by 4.9% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Within industry, production lessened by 1.0% in the decisive weight (97%) representing manufacturing, dropped by 9.1% in the small weight representing mining and quarrying, and fell by 11.2% in the energy industry (electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply).
Changes in the production and sales of manufacturing
(%)
| Period | Production | Total | Domestic | Export | Share of export in sales at current prices | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sales | ||||||
| Volume index, corresponding period of previous year = 100.0 | ||||||
| 2024 | 95.0 | 94.4 | 94.8 | 94.3 | 72.9 | |
| 2025 | 96.9 | 97.6 | 96.7 | 98.0 | 73.3 | |
| 2026 | January | 97.4 | 97.0 | 92.1 | 98.7 | 75.9 |
| February | 99.0 | 98.7 | 95.1 | 99.9 | 75.4 | |
| From the beginning of the year | 98.2 | 97.9 | 93.6 | 99.3 | 75.7 | |
Output volume of the largest weight representing manufacture of transport equipment, having a 26% share in manufacturing, decreased by 4.0% compared to the same month of the previous year. Motor vehicles manufacturing dropped by 6.5%, the manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles declined by 4.1%.
The manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, accounting for 14% within manufacturing output, increased – at the highest rate out of the subsections – by 24%. Considering the two largest groups, the manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment went up by 96%, at the same time the manufacture of electronic components and boards fell by 20%.
The manufacture of electrical equipment, representing a 10% weight in manufacturing exceeded by 12.1% the low base level of February 2025. Out of the two largest weight representing groups production volume in the manufacture of batteries and accumulators grew by 28%, the manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control rose by 15.9%.
The manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products, having a 13% share in manufacturing, was 0.4% lower than in the same month of the previous year, export sales increased, domestic sales declined. Processing and preserving meat and the production of meat products, representing the largest weight (24%), rose by 4.3% year-on-year. Production increased between 0.1% and 21% in other five groups, too, least of all in the manufacture of grain mill products, starches and starch products, to the greatest extent in the small weight representing manufacture of tobacco products. Output decreased between 0.7% and 26% in the other five groups, least of all in the manufacture of other food products, most of all in the manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats.
Out of the two medium weight representing subsections the manufacture of rubber and plastics products and other non-metallic mineral products fell by 9.2%, while the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment grew by 3.0% compared to the same month of the previous year.
A decrease is going on since April 2025 in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products representing a 4.3% weight in manufacturing: the output in February was 21% lower than in the same month of the previous year, primarily owing to a considerable drop in the manufacture of plastics in primary forms, as well as that of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds.
Out of the subsections the manufacture of coke, and refined petroleum products, having a 2.0% share in manufacturing, lagged behind the most, by 41%, year-on-year, sales fell remarkably in both directions.
Changes in production in the major subsections of manufacturing, February 2026
(%)
| Subsections | Volume indices of production, corresponding period of the previous year = 100.0 | Share of subsection within manufacturing at current prices | |
|---|---|---|---|
| code | denomination | ||
| CA | Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products | 99.6 | 12.6 |
| CG | Manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products | 90.8 | 7.5 |
| CH | Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 103.0 | 7.3 |
| CI | Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 124.3 | 13.8 |
| CJ | Manufacture of electrical equipment | 112.1 | 10.3 |
| CL | Manufacture of transport equipment | 96.0 | 26.3 |
Industrial output grew in three regions, and declined in five, year-on-year. The highest volume growth was observed in the Northern Great Plain (13.2%), the most significant decrease (22%) was registered in in the Southern Great Plain.
The volume of total new orders in the observed divisions of manufacturing was 6.3% higher compared to February 2025. New domestic orders rose by 2.0%, while new export orders grew by 7.1%. The total stock of orders at the end of February was above the previous year’s level by 24%.
In January–February 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year:
Industrial production decreased by 2.0%. The volume of export sales, representing 64% of all sales rose by 0.2%, domestic sales accounting for 36% of all sales lessened by 4.2%.
Out of the thirteen manufacturing subsections production declined in ten, to the greatest extent, by 37% in the manufacture of coke, and refined petroleum products. The output of the manufacture of transport equipment, the largest subsection, dropped by 2.2%. Production volume grew in three subsections: by 21% in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, by 11.3% in the manufacture of electrical equipment and by 1.1% in the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment.