The year-on-year increase in industrial activity was driven by manufacturing (+14.2%), while a slow-down was registered in mining and quarrying (-0.8%) and electricity, gas and steam supply (-0.7%).

Industrial sales revenue in January rose by 15.3% from January, but dropped by 0.1% from December 2017. The most substantial growth, at an annual rate of 35.5%, was registered in capital goods industries.

The value of stocks of finished and unfinished production increased by 0.3% at the monthly level and by 1.2% at the annual level.