Industrial turnover up 8.8% in August 2026
State Statistical Office: increase driven by food, motor vehicles and machinery; month-on-month drop of 16.3%.
Industrial turnover in August 2026 rose by 8.8 percent compared with August 2025, the State Statistical Office reported. The year-on-year increase reflects gains in several manufacturing groups despite a sharp monthly drop.
By major industrial groups, turnover for intermediate goods excluding energy grew by 1.4 percent, capital goods by 17.1 percent and non-durable consumer goods for broad consumption by 6.9 percent. Turnover for durable consumer goods for broad consumption fell by 4.2 percent.
On a month-to-month basis, industrial turnover in August decreased by 16.3 percent compared with July 2026. For the period January–August 2026 the aggregate turnover was 3 percent higher than in the same period a year earlier.
Market split and main contributors
Turnover on the domestic market in August 2026 was up 4.4 percent year-on-year, and for January–August 2026 domestic turnover rose by 3.9 percent. On foreign markets, turnover in August increased by 11.2 percent on an annual basis, while growth for January–August 2026 stood at 3.1 percent.
The largest contributions to the overall year-on-year increase in industrial turnover in August 2026 came from food production (+2.7 percent), manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (+17.4 percent) and manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere specified (+17.3 percent).
Overall, the data show a mixed picture: robust annual gains in several manufacturing sub-sectors alongside a pronounced monthly contraction, pointing to short-term volatility within the sector.
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