Hungary Industrial Output Eases in September

2026-11-13 07:42 By Nicole Aliyah 1 min. read

Hungary's industrial production increased 8.2% year-on-year in September 2026, easing from 8.7% in August.

Manufacturing growth slowed to 9.0% (vs. 10.3%), reflecting weaker growth in transport equipment (33.3% vs. 43.3%) and computer, electronic and optical products (11.0% vs. 30.2%).

Electrical equipment manufacturing returned to growth (4.8% vs. -9.8%), while basic metals and fabricated metal products rebounded (1.5% vs. -3.4%).

Food, beverages and tobacco production remained in contraction (-4.3% vs. -6.8%), while rubber, plastics and other non-metallic mineral products fell 4.6%.

Outside manufacturing, mining and quarrying growth accelerated to 135.8% (from 94.7%), while electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply edged up 0.2% following a 13.1% decline.

On a seasonally and working-day adjusted monthly basis, industrial output rose 0.9%, easing from 1.0% in August.

In January-September, industrial production increased 4.0% year-on-year.



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