Industrial production surged a working-day adjusted 20.5% year-on-year in April.

Production in the electricity sector alone grew 29.4% and manufacturing output also registered a double-digit growth of 20.1%.

Among the major industrial groupings, production of energy jumped 64%. Production of capital goods climbed 18.7% and those of non-durable goods rose 13.1%.

On a monthly basis, industrial production declined a seasonally and working-day-adjusted 7.1% in April.

On an unadjusted basis, industrial production expanded 18.4% yearly in April, while it fell 13.9% from a month ago.