Total production of industrial enterprises in Estonia rose by 1.7% YoY at constant prices on year in February, state agency Statistics Estonia reported.
Output increased by 4.7% in manufacturing, the sector with the largest growth, though it decreased by 11.8% in mining and by 16.6% in energy production.
Helle Bunder, Statistics Estonia analyst, said: “In the manufacture of wood, production volumes remained almost the same, falling by 0.4%.”
From sectors with the largest market shares, a rise in production in the manufacture of electronic products of 22.1% was experienced, while in the shale oil sector the rise was 20.8%.
Fabricated metal products and food products saw growths in production of 1% and 2.5% respectively, the agency says.
Nearly 70% of the total production of manufacturing was exported, while the share of export sales was the highest in the manufacture of computers and electronic products.
Export sales of manufacturing production rose by 29.4% and domestic sales by 24.2% at current prices. (ERR/Business World Magazine)