Polish industrial production up 17.6% y/y in February: stats office

Industrial production in Poland rose 17.6 percent in February compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Friday.

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The reading was higher than forecast by analysts, who had expected an increase of 15.5 percent, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in February was 3.6 percent higher than in January, the Central Statistical Office said.

In February 2022, sold production of industry was by 17.6% higher than in February 2021. Compared to January 2022, the increase was 3.6%.https://t.co/Xk9hhFj6Jn#GUS #statistics #production #economy #industry #ProductionDynamics pic.twitter.com/bIcsWfhoOs

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) March 18, 2022

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, industrial production in Poland rose 16.6 percent in January, the third-fastest rate of growth in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: PAP