Manufacturing output declined 0.7% and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply fell 4.9%. Production of capital goods declined 5.7% and those of consumer goods fell 3.7%.
Meanwhile, output in the mining and quarrying sector increased 11% and production of intermediate goods grew 3.4%. On a month-on-month basis, industrial production decreased 0.7% in December. In 2020, industrial production fell 6.2%. Slovenia's production declined for the first time after six consecutive years of growth.