Polish industrial production up 1.2% y/y in April: stats office

Industrial production in Poland rose 1.2 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office reported on Wednesday.

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The figure exceeded expectations by analysts, who had forecast a 0.2-percent decline in Polish industrial production last month, state news agency PAP reported.

Finance Minister Andrzej Domański said in a social media post that domestic industry is expected to gradually accelerate in the coming months, driven primarily by strong internal demand.

Produkcja przemysłowa w kwietniu wzrosła o 1,2% wyraźnie powyżej oczekiwań rynkowych (-0,4%). W kolejnych miesiącach oczekujemy stopniowego wzrostu aktywności w sektorze przemysłowym przede wszystkim dzięki silnemu popytowi krajowemu.

— Andrzej Domański (@Domanski_Andrz) May 21, 2025

In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in April was 3.5 percent lower than in March, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, the country's seasonally-adjusted industrial production went down by 0.2 percent in year-on-year terms in April, while increasing 1 percent month on month, according to the state-run statistics office.

In April 2025 #SoldProductionofIndustry was higher than at the same period of the previous year by 1.2%. Excluding the impact of seasonal factors, there was it decrease by 0.2% YoY.https://t.co/fNtxZF7Px5#StatisticsPoland #production #economy #ProductionDynamics pic.twitter.com/FpSYs4mjoQ

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) May 21, 2025

According to the European Union's Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, Poland's seasonally-adjusted industrial production rose 1.2 percent in March compared with the same month in 2024.

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Source: IAR, PAP