Polish industrial production up 18.4% y/y in June: stats office

Industrial production in Poland went up by 18.4 percent in June compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Tuesday, as the economy emerges from the coronavirus crisis.

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The reading was slightly lower than forecast by analysts, who had expected an increase of 18.9 percent, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in June was 4 percent higher than in May, the Central Statistical Office said.

In June 2021, sold #production of #industry in #Poland increased by 18.4% as compared to June 2020. Compared to May 2021 increased by 4.0%.https://t.co/ATXYU6v8VO #StatisticsPoland #statistics #IndexNumberOfProduction pic.twitter.com/O9LvJnV5Kl

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) July 20, 2021

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, industrial production in Poland rose 30.2 percent in May, one of the fastest rates of growth in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: PAP