Ukraine's industrial output in February 2018 fell by 1.9% in annual terms, without taking into account the adjustment for the calendar days effect.
Taking said adjustment into account, the fall in industrial output in February was 2% in annual terms, according to the State Statistics Service.
The agency says, in comparison with the previous month, the industrial output in February fell by 3.5% without seasonal adjustment or by 2% taking such adjustment into account.
The report notes that the largest increase in industrial output in February 2018 compared to February 2017 was recorded in the chemical industry (43.1%), production of computers, electronic and optical products (19.3%).
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The agency recalls that the data exclude the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, as well as part of the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine saw a 3.6% rise in industrial output in January 2018 year-over-year, without calendar adjustment.
Adjusted to the effect of calendar days, industrial production in January 2018 from January 2017 increased by 2.9%.
Industrial production in Ukraine in 2017 slid by 0.1% from 2016 after a 2.8% increase in 2016 from 2015.
