Industrial production increased by 6.7% year-on-year and by 3.1% compared to the previous month
The volume of industrial production grew by 6.7%, based on working-day adjusted data it rose year-on-year by 3.7% in March 2026. A production increase occurred in the great majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data industrial output was 3.1% higher than in February 2026.
In March 2026:
The volume of industrial production rose by 6.7% compared to the same period of the previous year. (Compared to the March 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 above the previous month’s level by 3.1%.
The volume of industrial export was 3.2% higher than a year earlier. The manufacture of transport equipment export, representing a 33% weight within export sales in manufacturing grew by 3.8%, the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products export, accounting for a 15% weight, rose by 2.0%.
Domestic sales of industry increased by 3.2%, those of manufacturing went up by 6.9% compared to the same month of the previous year.
Within industry, production grew by 7.0% in the decisive weight (95%) representing manufacturing, rose by 7.5% in the small weight representing mining and quarrying, and increased by 2.3% 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 | 97.0 | 96.6 | 91.2 | 98.4 | 76.0 |
| February | 99.7 | 99.1 | 94.9 | 100.5 | 75.6 | |
| March | 107.0 | 104.8 | 106.9 | 104.0 | 72.9 | |
| From the beginning of the year | 101.5 | 100.4 | 98.3 | 101.1 | 74.7 | |
Output volume of the largest weight representing manufacture of transport equipment, having a 26% share in manufacturing, grew by 3.7% compared to the same month of the previous year. Motor vehicles manufacturing increased by 5.6%, the manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles rose by 0.4%.
The manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, accounting for 12% within manufacturing output, grew – at the highest rate out of the subsections – by 22%. Considering the two largest groups, the manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment went up by 69%, at the same time the manufacture of electronic components and boards fell by 9.2%.
The manufacture of electrical equipment, representing a 8.9% weight in manufacturing exceeded by 11.4% the low base level of March 2025. Out of the two largest weight representing groups production volume in the manufacture of batteries and accumulators went up by 34%, the manufacture of electric motors, generators, transformers and electricity distribution and control rose by 13.6%.
The manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products, having a 12% share in manufacturing, was 9.2% higher than in the same month of the previous year, both export and domestic sales grew. Processing and preserving meat and the production of meat products, representing the largest weight (23%), rose by 9.7% year-on-year. Production increased between 5.6% and 18.7% in other eight groups, too, least of all in the processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables, to the greatest extent in the manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats. Output declined in two groups only: in the manufacture of dairy products, by 5.0%, and in the small weight representing processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, by 3.5%.
Out of the two medium weight representing subsections the manufacture of rubber and plastics products and other non-metallic mineral products grew by 2.8%, the manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment went up by 9.9% compared to the same month of the previous year.
The manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. representing a 6.2% weight in manufacturing grew by 20% compared to March 2025, increases were recorded in the great majority of classes.
Out of the subsections the manufacture of coke, and refined petroleum products, having a 4.2% share in manufacturing, lagged behind the most, by 10.3%, year-on-year, export sales dropped significantly, while domestic sales rose.
Changes in production in the major subsections of manufacturing, March 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 | 109.2 | 12.4 |
| CG | Manufacture of rubber and plastics products, and other non-metallic mineral products | 102.8 | 7.6 |
| CH | Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment | 109.9 | 7.2 |
| CI | Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products | 121.9 | 12.4 |
| CJ | Manufacture of electrical equipment | 111.4 | 8.9 |
| CL | Manufacture of transport equipment | 103.7 | 26.4 |
Industrial output grew in six regions, and declined in two, year-on-year. The highest volume growth was observed in the Northern Great Plain (25%), a more significant decrease (6.2%) was registered in in the Southern Great Plain.
The volume of total new orders in the observed divisions of manufacturing was 11.6% higher compared to March 2025. New domestic orders rose by 18.1%, new export orders grew by 10.6%. The total stock of orders at the end of March was above the previous year’s level by 26%.
In January–March 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year:
Industrial production increased by 1.0%. The volume of export sales, representing 64% of all sales rose by 1.5%, domestic sales accounting for 36% of all sales lessened by 2.5%.
Out of the thirteen manufacturing subsections production declined in seven, to the greatest extent, by 25% in the manufacture of coke, and refined petroleum products. The output of the manufacture of transport equipment, the largest subsection, decreased by 0.5%. In the other subsections volumes rose between 1.6% and 21%, at the highest rate in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products.