October 7 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's annual industrial production growth accelerated to 2.6% in August from 2.3% increase a month earlier, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (NSI) indicated on Friday.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, industrial output edged up 0.7% in August, following a revised drop of 1.5% in July, the data showed.
Breakdown by industry (pct change):
|
Aug'16 y/y |
July'16 y/y |
Aug'16 m/m |
July'16 m/m |
Industry |
2.6 |
2.3 |
0.7 |
-1.5 |
-manufacturing |
4.5 |
2.7 |
0.8 |
-1.5 |
-mining |
1.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
-utilities |
-1.2 |
-0.7 |
0.9 |
-3.1 |
source: NSI
The NSI revised the July industrial output from a initially reported decrease of 1.6% on a monthly basis.