We expect that in February, with no difference in working days, the increase in the sold industrial production will be around 4%

- said dr hab. Robert Tomanek

The increase in sold production (at constant prices) compared to January 2020 was recorded in 15 (out of the 34) industrial sectors, including the manufacture of electrical equipment (by 31.3%), waste management – recovery of raw materials (12.5%), manufacture of computers, electronic and optical products (by 8.6%), manufacture of rubber and plastic products (by 5.9%), extraction of hard coal and lignite (by 4.9%), manufacture of metals (by 4.6%), as well as chemicals and chemical products (by 4.3%).

In turn, 19 sectors of industry reported decrease in production during that period. The largest one was recorded in coke and refined petroleum products (by 20.4%), beverages (by 11.3%), pharmaceutical products (by 6.1%), other transport equipment (by 5.7%), automotive vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (by 3.5%).