Industrial production indices - April 2025

Industrial production indices - April 2025

The Industrial Production Index increased by 0.8% in April 2025 compared to the previous month. The data are preliminary and seasonally adjusted.

In comparison with April 2024, a decrease of 10.4% was registered in the calendar-adjusted Industrial Production Index.

 

Monthly changes

In April 2025, compared to the previous month, an increase was seen in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 54.0%, while a decline was registered in the manufacturing - by 1.8% and in the mining and quarrying industry - by 1.6%.

In the manufacturing a decrease was reported in the manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - by 16.8%, in the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products - by 8.2%, and in the manufacture of furniture - by 7.8%.

More significant rise in the manufacturing was reported in the manufacture of other transport equipment - by 27.7%, in the manufacture of tobacco      products - by 17.0%, and in the other manufacturing - by 16.3%.

 

 

 

Annual changes

On an annual basis, a decrease of the Industrial Production Index was observed in the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply - by 18.7%, in the manufacturing - by 7.0%, and in the mining and quarrying industry - by 3.9%.

In the manufacturing, a significant decline in production, compared to the same month of the previous year, was seen in the manufacture of basic metals - by 38.6%, and in the manufacture of paper and paper products - by 24.1%.

A rise was reported in the manufacture of tobacco products - by 49.8%, and in the manufacture of electrical equipment - by 20.3%.

 

 

 

Methodological notes

The monthly indices of industrial production are calculated in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Business Statistics.

The Monthly Industrial Production and Industrial Turnover Indices measure changes in production and turnover values of industrial enterprises. This information can be used to access the current economic development and for short-term forecasts. Indices do not measure the actual production level; they aim to measure the average change in the value of production between two points in time. Indices are compiled based on information collected through a representative sampling survey on industrial enterprises. The sample covers enterprises with an annual turnover of more than 97% of the total turnover in the industry.

The Industrial Production Indices are calculated at a constant base year, that is to say they are weighted with the structure of the value added at factor costs in the base year.

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical method which eliminates the seasonal component of the time series.

Calendar adjustment is an adjustment for variations in the monthly data, caused by calendar effects, the different number of calendar and working days in the months, national holidays and outliers (for example, the presence of more non-working days in May could contribute to the decline in production in some activities).

Since July 2024, all dynamic rows have been recalculated based on 2021 as base year and have been published in IS Infostat.

 

 

Annex

 Table 1

 

Changes of Industrial Production Indices compared to the previous month
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 XI.2024 XII.2025 I.2025 II.2025 III.2025 IV.2025*
Industry B_TO_E36 -0.4 -2.2 -2.1 -0.5 -5.0 0.8
Mining and quarrying B 1.5 20.9 -19.3 -6.2 5.6 -1.6
Mining of coal and lignite B05 186.3 63.9 -56.3 8.7 -37.4 15.8
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas  B06 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mining of metal ores B07 -2.9 5.8 -9.9 -2.6 1.4 -3.0
Other mining and quarrying B08 2.0 -8.4 8.3 -21.5 8.9 6.0
Mining support service activities   B09 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacturing C -0.1 -2.1 -1.8 -1.4 -0.4 -1.8
Manufacture of food products C10 -6.7 -1.1 -3.9 -7.4 0.9 2.3
Manufacture of beverages C11 -3.3 3.2 -0.5 -2.2 -4.9 2.0
Manufacture of tobacco products C12 -15.1 14.3 14.4 6.7 -1.2 17.0
Manufacture of textiles C13 -7.7 -0.4 -6.5 2.6 -1.0 -3.3
Manufacture of wearing apparel C14 3.2 -16.1 0.6 -1.0 -4.7 4.4
Manufacture of leather and related products C15 -0.5 -7.3 2.2 -4.2 -1.9 13.8
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials C16 4.3 0.5 -2.2 -3.6 -2.4 -3.0
Manufacture of paper and paper products C17 -2.3 -10.5 -9.8 3.2 -1.9 -0.9
Printing and reproduction of recorded media C18 2.6 -3.3 -0.5 -3.2 6.2 -3.1
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products   C19 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products C20 11.1 -7.2 -4.4 -3.5 -0.5 -1.6
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations C21 -7.2 7.6 -2.9 -8.8 6.7 -4.8
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products C22 5.7 -1.2 -4.5 -0.9 1.1 0.9
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products C23 5.2 17.3 1.3 -12.8 4.1 -8.2
Manufacture of basic metals C24 -4.3 -20.7 0.8 3.2 0.6 -3.4
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment C25 -7.4 -2.9 14.6 -16.8 12.9 -6.8
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products C26 6.5 -2.6 -15.3 17.0 12.4 -16.8
Manufacture of electrical equipment C27 1.3 -7.8 2.0 -2.5 2.9 10.0
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. C28 -6.6 4.0 0.3 5.2 2.5 -3.6
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers C29 4.4 -6.1 17.9 -1.1 3.8 -1.4
Manufacture of other transport equipment C30 -12.4 6.3 -1.3 18.6 -32.5 27.7
Manufacture of furniture C31 -2.2 1.7 -0.8 12.4 7.9 -7.8
Other manufacturing C32 -6.4 9.6 -17.0 20.0 -15.0 16.3
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment C33 -19.8 6.0 11.9 -15.2 -3.8 4.9
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D -8.0 -19.1 20.6 10.7 -43.0 54.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D35 -8.0 -19.1 20.6 10.7 -43.0 54.0
[1] Seasonally adjusted.
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

Table 2

 

Changes of Industrial Production Indices compared to the same month of the previous year
(Per cent)
Economic activities NACE.BG - 2008 XI.2024 XII.2024 I.2025 II.2025 III.2025 IV.2025*
Industry B_TO_E36 2.4 -3.9 -3.3 -3.5 -9.9 -10.4
Mining and quarrying B -5.0 8.0 -4.5 -1.6 2.7 -3.9
Mining of coal and lignite B05 -4.7 26.9 -18.7 22.4 -52.0 -62.8
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas  B06 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mining of metal ores B07 -16.3 -4.1 -16.8 -14.8 -2.3 -17.8
Other mining and quarrying B08 -0.1 -13.7 -1.5 -38.3 -25.7 -21.2
Mining support service activities   B09 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacturing C 3.2 -1.2 -0.3 -5.6 -4.4 -7.0
Manufacture of food products C10 -2.5 -3.5 -10.6 -16.7 -15.1 -14.0
Manufacture of beverages C11 -12.6 -3.5 -7.7 -10.4 -10.4 -15.2
Manufacture of tobacco products C12 3.5 17.6 61.0 44.5 20.5 49.8
Manufacture of textiles C13 -22.4 -14.6 -17.7 -19.3 -14.2 -17.0
Manufacture of wearing apparel C14 -2.1 -23.0 -17.5 -16.2 -19.3 -11.9
Manufacture of leather and related products C15 -18.8 -21.8 -3.3 -13.7 -8.7 4.3
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials C16 4.1 9.4 -6.9 -15.4 -12.7 -10.5
Manufacture of paper and paper products C17 -4.0 -10.6 -21.6 -19.5 -17.2 -24.1
Printing and reproduction of recorded media C18 3.5 -14.9 -6.9 -8.2 -1.1 -5.5
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products   C19 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products C20 20.1 5.6 -0.1 -6.0 -6.2 -14.9
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations C21 1.4 29.5 4.2 -17.3 -10.1 -8.1
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products C22 0.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.1 -1.6 -3.1
Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products C23 13.0 11.8 32.0 -2.2 10.7 -3.9
Manufacture of basic metals C24 -14.7 -36.2 -34.1 -36.0 -34.5 -38.6
Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment C25 23.9 23.9 27.4 5.6 25.2 7.9
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products C26 17.4 17.8 -15.7 -14.3 24.7 -0.1
Manufacture of electrical equipment C27 8.4 -8.5 1.2 -11.7 -4.5 20.3
Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. C28 -4.2 -4.3 8.2 6.7 11.8 9.9
Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers C29 -13.4 -14.6 -9.1 -6.5 5.4 -8.1
Manufacture of other transport equipment C30 4.0 1.6 33.3 54.6 -27.8 6.1
Manufacture of furniture C31 5.0 -6.7 -2.8 11.8 18.3 12.9
Other manufacturing C32 -3.7 -4.2 -20.7 8.5 -6.6 10.8
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment C33 -8.5 -9.0 9.4 -3.9 -0.9 -14.0
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D 11.7 -28.8 -13.6 11.2 -34.5 -18.7
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply D35 11.7 -28.8 -13.6 11.2 -34.5 -18.7
[1] Calendar-adjusted.
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data

 

Table 3

Industrial Production Indices (Seasonally adjusted, 2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 ІV.2024 V.2024 VІ.2024 VІІ.2024 VІІІ.2024 ІX.2024 X.2024 XІ.2024 ХІІ.2024 І.2025 ІІ.2025 ІІІ.2025 ІV.2025*
B_TO_E36 101.6 99.1 99.2 99.8 100.7 102.0 101.1 100.8 98.6 96.5 96.0 91.2 91.9
B 84.8 76.0 77.2 83.8 102.4 112.0 85.9 87.2 105.4 85.1 79.8 84.3 82.9
B05 47.0 38.7 46.7 58.8 48.4 42.6 19.3 55.2 90.5 39.5 43.0 26.9 31.2
B06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B07 106.4 101.2 100.0 99.6 111.2 118.3 107.8 104.7 110.8 99.9 97.3 98.6 95.6
B08 99.0 89.5 87.6 88.6 87.8 81.6 84.6 86.3 79.0 85.6 67.2 73.2 77.6
B09 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C 105.9 103.0 105.6 104.9 106.9 105.9 107.5 107.4 105.2 103.3 101.8 101.4 99.6
C10 105.8 98.3 103.0 103.6 103.7 103.1 107.9 100.6 99.5 95.6 88.6 89.4 91.5
C11 112.8 102.4 106.9 106.0 105.4 109.2 102.9 99.5 102.7 102.1 99.9 95.0 96.9
C12 79.2 70.5 59.9 69.6 78.7 80.6 77.9 66.2 75.6 86.5 92.3 91.2 106.7
C13 62.1 63.9 66.1 62.5 58.0 72.3 61.0 56.3 56.1 52.4 53.8 53.3 51.5
C14 87.8 88.9 91.6 90.2 88.4 87.8 90.0 92.8 77.9 78.4 77.6 74.0 77.2
C15 67.5 66.1 62.7 61.9 62.7 59.3 67.2 66.8 61.9 63.3 60.6 59.5 67.7
C16 91.1 88.7 88.7 87.6 86.2 92.4 87.7 91.5 92.0 89.9 86.7 84.6 82.0
C17 95.7 93.4 94.2 99.9 91.5 97.6 93.4 91.3 81.7 73.7 76.1 74.7 74.0
C18 95.9 93.5 98.6 91.4 87.8 94.6 92.1 94.5 91.4 90.9 88.1 93.5 90.6
C19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C20 107.6 108.5 117.1 100.8 109.7 103.7 98.9 109.9 101.9 97.4 94.0 93.5 92.1
C21 116.1 117.7 115.2 114.3 125.7 108.6 121.0 112.2 120.8 117.3 107.0 114.1 108.7
C22 85.2 82.5 84.4 84.1 83.8 84.8 81.6 86.3 85.3 81.5 80.7 81.6 82.4
C23 97.6 86.1 90.0 94.5 85.8 86.5 91.0 95.7 112.3 113.7 99.1 103.2 94.8
C24 118.8 118.1 122.0 100.3 92.9 100.1 94.6 90.5 71.7 72.3 74.6 75.0 72.5
C25 153.6 145.8 145.2 164.3 175.0 162.1 185.4 171.7 166.8 191.1 159.0 179.5 167.3
C26 99.2 94.7 102.2 105.1 101.6 107.8 104.8 111.6 108.7 92.1 107.7 121.1 100.7
C27 92.2 91.3 96.8 98.8 103.0 98.9 103.5 104.8 96.6 98.5 96.1 98.9 108.8
C28 88.0 85.3 85.4 83.9 92.6 95.0 95.9 89.6 93.1 93.4 98.2 100.7 97.1
C29 126.8 114.8 106.7 116.9 116.5 105.5 98.0 102.3 96.0 113.2 111.9 116.2 114.6
C30 99.4 98.2 94.4 87.5 133.1 100.9 113.3 99.2 105.5 104.1 123.5 83.3 106.4
C31 79.7 80.0 76.1 75.3 81.5 79.4 81.3 79.5 80.8 80.2 90.1 97.3 89.7
C32 119.0 116.8 120.2 116.8 109.7 99.7 130.1 121.8 133.5 110.7 132.9 112.9 131.3
C33 126.2 114.8 113.7 110.6 110.8 121.9 133.9 107.4 113.8 127.4 108.0 103.9 109.0
D 85.6 90.7 69.2 86.2 71.5 89.2 84.4 77.6 62.8 75.8 83.9 47.8 73.6
D35 85.6 90.7 69.2 86.2 71.5 89.2 84.4 77.6 62.8 75.8 83.9 47.8 73.6
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

Table 4

Industrial Production Indices (Calendar-adjusted, 2021 = 100)
NACE.BG - 2008 ІV.2024 V.2024 VІ.2025 VІІ.2025 VІІІ.2024 ІX.2024 X.2024 XI.2024 ХІІ.2024 І.2025 ІІ.2025 ІІІ.2025 ІV.2025*
B_TO_E36 98.8 94.8 101.3 103.1 98.6 102.7 106.0 104.9 101.7 90.8 90.7 91.8 88.4
B 78.3 70.8 74.1 80.8 101.3 119.5 95.8 92.5 119.3 82.6 75.1 81.8 75.3
B05 25.9 17.5 24.2 51.3 44.0 48.8 40.9 71.6 112.5 55.1 45.4 19.3 9.6
B06 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
B07 109.8 96.7 97.2 87.6 115.5 137.9 109.8 96.3 124.1 92.4 84.8 95.4 90.3
B08 96.7 92.4 93.7 92.4 90.9 86.0 95.7 96.1 78.6 62.8 52.7 69.6 76.1
B09 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C 105.7 102.0 111.4 108.7 103.6 107.0 115.6 111.3 102.6 93.4 93.1 103.7 98.3
C10 102.6 97.2 103.9 103.2 104.8 106.7 119.7 103.4 103.0 87.3 77.0 88.7 88.2
C11 109.8 103.9 127.7 131.0 129.8 120.3 95.7 90.4 95.0 74.6 72.5 86.4 93.1
C12 85.4 80.9 72.5 87.8 84.7 90.1 82.5 64.3 73.8 52.9 63.4 96.4 127.9
C13 60.5 67.4 71.4 63.0 47.3 73.6 64.6 59.2 51.5 47.5 54.1 56.6 50.3
C14 79.1 81.9 98.0 102.0 82.5 87.0 92.4 95.5 73.8 80.9 77.3 72.4 69.6
C15 64.4 62.0 66.9 68.0 50.8 58.2 74.7 77.4 56.9 62.6 58.5 62.5 67.2
C16 91.7 92.8 93.3 93.6 83.5 95.4 93.9 97.6 86.3 76.1 77.4 85.6 82.1
C17 93.2 93.4 97.9 103.2 85.9 96.7 99.8 95.7 75.1 69.2 70.9 77.0 70.8
C18 94.2 93.4 101.9 90.8 81.1 91.3 98.9 107.0 96.9 81.8 79.5 95.6 89.1
C19 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
C20 109.4 107.6 120.8 101.5 104.6 102.3 99.4 112.4 100.9 91.7 89.2 101.8 93.1
C21 115.8 115.8 123.5 111.2 114.6 100.4 129.4 112.0 127.1 114.0 96.2 125.0 106.5
C22 84.4 82.7 88.7 87.9 79.0 87.6 89.9 88.0 77.4 74.7 75.5 84.6 81.8
C23 99.9 91.0 95.3 102.8 89.8 91.9 101.3 101.8 103.3 84.9 83.3 103.3 96.1
C24 119.3 119.5 123.3 97.3 83.1 95.6 97.8 92.8 65.1 70.9 71.9 80.3 73.2
C25 156.8 142.0 152.8 176.9 173.4 162.4 196.3 189.1 173.3 153.8 139.7 180.7 169.3
C26 97.8 92.2 107.3 109.0 89.8 108.5 117.4 116.6 104.3 85.5 104.7 127.9 97.7
C27 89.6 85.7 104.9 103.2 96.1 101.2 110.3 112.3 86.6 91.6 95.9 102.5 107.8
C28 90.0 84.2 90.9 87.4 81.5 96.7 104.7 94.1 89.5 83.7 95.5 107.7 99.0
C29 125.0 110.8 108.4 107.9 103.6 107.9 105.7 114.2 84.9 115.7 114.9 125.6 114.9
C30 104.1 99.7 104.3 89.0 130.0 97.0 123.5 97.1 89.7 81.5 124.3 81.7 110.4
C31 78.2 79.0 81.2 77.9 77.7 80.4 88.0 84.5 81.6 70.2 83.9 103.1 88.2
C32 115.3 114.4 137.5 117.7 110.0 103.7 144.1 130.0 122.4 95.2 117.3 113.2 127.8
C33 114.9 108.9 116.9 112.0 107.8 128.1 141.5 117.3 150.2 94.3 92.0 103.3 98.8
D 72.0 70.0 64.1 91.9 76.2 77.3 73.8 86.8 81.8 87.2 90.7 53.4 58.5
D35 72.0 70.0 64.1 91.9 76.2 77.3 73.8 86.8 81.8 87.2 90.7 53.4 58.5
* Preliminary data.
„..“ - Confidential data.

 

 

 

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