Among sectors, manufacturing output contracted 4.0% from last year, while mining and quarrying output managed to recover by 0.3%.
The most positive contribution came from the utility sector, where production advanced by 7.0%. Data showed that construction output decreased 6.8% annually in May versus only a 0.2% fall a month ago. On a monthly basis, industrial output shrank by 2.2% in May.
Separate data from the Prague-based agency showed that construction output in the Czech Republic slumped 6.8% year-on-year May, slipping further from a downwardly revised 0.2% drop in the previous month.
Categories of modifications to multi-dwelling buildings and non-residential buildings contributed to the decrease, whereas the number of newly completed family houses and m ulti-dwelling buildings increased, the statistics agency said. On a monthly basis, construction activity was 5.1% lower in May.
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