Seasonally and workday-adjusted output grew 1.6% compared with the previous month. Industrial output was up 9.8% in H1 year-on-year.

KSH official Ildikó Mikó noted the increase was the highest since February 2011 and said the vehicle manufacturing segment continued to play a key part in the positive output growth figure. KSH is scheduled to publish a second reading of the data on September 12.