On a monthly basis, industrial production was up 8.7% in September, the statistics office said on its website earlier this week.
In the first nine months of 2012, industrial output in the Serb Republic contracted 4.6% on the year.
In August, the Republic's industrial output fell 7.9% on the year and was up 3.9% on a monthly basis.
The Serb Republic is one of the two autonomous entities forming Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Muslim-Croat Federation.