The reading was lower 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 April was 11.3 percent lower than in March, the Central Statistical Office said.
Meanwhile, the country's seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 15.6 percent in year-on-year terms in April, while falling 0.4 percent month on month, the state-run statistics agency also said.
According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, seasonally-adjusted industrial production in Poland rose 17.4 percent in March, the third-fastest rate of growth in the 27-nation bloc.
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Source: PAP