Bulgaria's industrial output decreases by 0.4% m/m in April
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's industrial output decreased by 0.4% on a monthly basis in April from a revised increase of 5.2% a month earlier, seasonally adjusted data from the statistics office showed on Friday.
Year-on-year, industrial output growth accelerated to 16.9% in April from a revised increase of 19.2% in March, the office said in a statement.
The production and distribution of electricity, heating and natural gas dropped by 19.9% on the month in April, while mining industry decreased by 16.3%, data showed. Processing industry production rose by 3.3% month-on-month in April.
INDUSTRIAL APRIL 2022 MARCH 2022 APRIL 2021
OUTPUT
M/M% CHANGE -0.4 +5.2 +0.5
Y/Y% CHANGE +16.9 +19.2 +21.9
(Reporting by Tsvetelia Tsolova)