Production slowed for manufacturing (0.9% vs 2.5% in September) and it contracted for mining & quarrying (-4.6% vs 11.9%).
Meanwhile, output jumped for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (13.5% vs 0.1%).
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial production rose 1.9%, reversing a 1.2% decrease in the previous month. In a separate report, the Zagreb-based bureau said, quoting working-day adjusted figures, that retail sales volume grew by an annual 9.2% in real terms in October, after rising by 14.5% in September.
On a monthly comparison basis, seasonally- and working-day adjusted retail sales volume declined by 2.1% in October, while in September it was unchanged.
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