Industrial production surged 19% year-on-year in March, following a 14.8% rise in February. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply production grew markedly by 51.1% and output in manufacturing rose 13.3%.
Mining and quarrying sector registered a 19.4% growth in production. Monthly, industrial production rose 5.0% in March, well above previous month's 0.3% gain.
A separate report from the Sofia-based statistics institute showed that Bulgaria's construction output increased by 1.6% annually in March, following a 3.7% increase in February.
On a seasonally-adjusted monthly comparison basis, construction output continued to decline, inching down 0.4%, after falling by 0.7% in February.



