According to data by the KSH, the working-day adjusted volume of production grew by 1.8%, chiefly due to the leap-year effect.

In the first two month of the year the output was up by 3% as compared to the same period a year earlier, KSH added.

The volume of industrial production in February – according to seasonally and working-day adjusted indices – was below the level of the previous month by 0.8%, KSH data show.