Industrial production grew by 4% in April
According to Statistics Estonia, in April 2025, the total production of industrial enterprises increased by 4% at constant prices compared with April 2024. Among the three main sectors, output increased by 4.4% in manufacturing and by 0.6% in energy production but decreased by 2.1% in mining.
Helle Bunder, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that April data show that the growth in manufacturing output has become broad-based. “In April, the volume of industrial production increased in most manufacturing activities. Looking at the larger industries, output grew in the manufacture of wood (3.1%), electrical equipment (7.3%), fabricated metal products (6.6%), and food products (6.1%),” said Bunder.
Among the major industries, there was a decline in output in the manufacture of chemical products (7.6%) and computers and electronic products (3.2%).
In April 2025, 65.2% of the total production of manufacturing was sold to the external market.
Compared with April 2024, the sales of manufacturing production increased by 5.3% at current prices according to working-day adjusted data. Domestic sales grew by 10.4% and export sales by 2.6%.
In April compared with March, the seasonally adjusted total industrial production grew by 0.9% and the production of manufacturing by 0.8%.
In energy production, the volume of electricity production (in megawatt-hours) increased by 42%, while the production of heat decreased by 10.7% in April.
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.
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