Industrial production rises 4.6pct seven months into 2018 (official data)

Industrial production (unadjusted terms) rose by 4.6pct in the first seven months of 2018 compared to the same period of last year due to the increases in the processing industry (+5.7pct) and the mining industry (+2.8pct), while production and supply of electricity, heating, gas, hot water and air conditioning decreased by 1.1pct, the National Institute of Statistics informs in a Tuesday's release for AGERPRES. 

In terms adjusted to the number of working days and seasonality, industrial production increased by 5.5pct as a result of advances in the processing industry (+7.2pct) and mining industry (+2.8pct). The production and supply of electricity, heating, gas, hot water and air conditioning decreased by 0.8pct.