The reading was lower than forecast by analysts, who had expected an increase of 3.1 percent, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.
In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in January was 2.3 percent higher than in December, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.
Meanwhile, the country's seasonally-adjusted industrial production edged up by 0.1 percent in year-on-year terms in January, while decreasing 0.2 percent month on month, the state-run statistics office reported.
According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.5 percent in Poland in December.
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Source: PAP
