Industrial production dropped a calendar-adjusted 0.3% year-on-year in August, following the 2.9% fall in July.
Manufacturing output registered a decrease of 2.6% annually in August, while mining and quarrying production advanced 6.2%.
Production in the electricity and gas supply segment logged a sharp annual growth of 20.2%.
On a monthly basis, industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6% in August, reversing a 1.2% fall seen a month ago.
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