The reading surpassed a forecast by analysts, who had expected an increase of 6 percent, Poland's PAP news agency reported.
In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in April was 2.2 percent lower than in March, the Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.
Meanwhile, the country's seasonally-adjusted industrial production went up by 4.4 percent in year-on-year terms in April, while increasing 7 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 decreased by 3.1 percent in Poland in March compared with the same month last year.
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Source: PAP