Industrial production advanced a calendar-adjusted 3.7% year-over-year in April.
Output in the manufacturing sector registered an increase of 5.3% in April compared to last year.
At the same time, mining quarrying output fell sharply by 11.3% and that of electricity and gas supply declined 1.5%.
On a monthly basis, industrial production dropped a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in April, the Riga-based agency said.