Skopje, 1 April 2026 (MIA) - Industrial production dropped by 4.2 percent in February 2026, compared to February 2025, the State Statistical Office said on Wednesday.

According to the State Statistical Office, the biggest impact on the decreasing of industrial production in February 2026, was the decrease in production in the manufacture of wearing apparel with 5.4 percent, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. with 13.5 percent, and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply with 17.2 percent.

The industrial production in the section mining and quarrying in February 2026, in comparison with February 2025, decreased by 9.6 percent, in the section manufacturing it decreased by 1.9 percent, while in the section electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply it decreased by 17.2 percent.

The decrease in the section manufacturing is mostly due to decreased production in the divisions: manufacture of tobacco products, manufacture of textiles, manufacture of wearing apparel, manufacture of basic pharmaceutical product and pharmaceutical preparations, manufacture of rubber and plastic products, manufacture of basic metals, manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., and manufacture of furniture.

The industrial production by Main Industrial Groupings in February 2026, in comparison with February 2025, was lower in energy by 19.0 percent, durable consumer goods by 12.0 percent and non-durable consumer goods by 6.9 percent, but higher in intermediate goods, except energy by 0.2 percent and capital goods by 2.1 percent.  

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