Bulgaria Industrial Output Falls at Softer Pace

2026-04-09 08:19 By Joshua Ferrer 1 min. read

Industrial production in Bulgaria fell by 8.1% year-on-year in February 2026, easing from an upwardly revised 9.9% drop in the previous month.

This marked the fourteenth consecutive month of contraction in industrial activity, though the decline slowed to its weakest pace since December as manufacturing output rebounded to 0.4% after a 7% fall in January.

Within the manufacturing sector, production particularly increased for tobacco products (47.3% vs 66.6%), basic pharmaceutical products and preparations (22.6% vs 2.5%), and basic metals (15.6% vs 13.8%).

At the same time, output declined at a softer rate for mining and quarrying (-21.5% vs -23.4%).

Conversely, activity continued to decline sharply for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-36.1% vs -18.5%).

On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, industrial output rose by 0.9% in February, the first increase in five months and rebounding from an upwardly revised 3.6% loss in the preceding period.



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Bulgaria Industrial Output Falls at Softer Pace
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