In August, industrial production grew by 1%

Helle Bunder, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that production volumes in manufacturing have shown a year-on-year increase each month this year. “There is an upward trend, but the growth has remained slow so far. On a positive note, output in the electronics industry has grown for three months in a row, and in August there was also an increase in the output of the manufacture of wood, which holds the biggest share among economic activities,” noted Bunder.

In August, the volume of industrial production was up in two thirds of the manufacturing activities. Looking at the larger industries, there was an increase in output in the manufacture of food products(6.6%), computers and electronic products (3.3%) and building materials (5.2%) as well as in the manufacture of wood (2.4%). Among the major industries, output decreased in the manufacture of fabricated metal products (2.4%) and rubber and plastic products (1.1%). In the manufacture of electrical equipment, output remained almost the same, falling by just 0.2%.

In August 2025, 65.2% of the total production of manufacturing was sold to the external market.

Compared with August 2024, the sales of manufacturing production increased by 2.3% at current prices according to working-day adjusted data. Domestic sales grew by 5.5% and export sales by 0.6%.

In August compared with July, the seasonally adjusted total industrial production grew by 1.5% and the production of manufacturing by 1.7%.

In energy production, the volume of electricity production (in megawatt-hours) was down by 21.9% and the production of heat by 2.5% in August. “In both July and August, the decrease in electricity production was due to the fact that domestic production was replaced by cheaper imports,” explained Bunder.

Volume index of industrial production – an index that expresses the change in the volume of industrial production at constant prices compared with the base period. The producer price index is used for calculating the production values at constant prices.

Value index of industrial sales – an index that expresses the change in the value of sold industrial production at current prices compared with the base period.

Industry is the largest sector of the economy and an important driver of economic growth. The index of industrial production covers the economic indicators of three industrial activities: mining, energy production, and manufacturing.

Statistics Estonia performs the statistical activity “Production indices” for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications with the aim to determine the economic situation in Estonia.

Information about various industrial activities can be found on the business dashboards.

See also the industry section on our website. More detailed data have been published in the statistical database. 

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