Industrial production in Estonia rose by 0.2% year-on-year in December 2025, easing from a downwardly revised five-month high of 3.3% in the previous month. Manufacturing output growth moderated (0.4% vs 4.5% in November), largely weighed by declines in textiles (-8.4% vs 2.5%), wearing apparel (-10.5% vs 13.8%), coke and refined petroleum products (-22.6% vs 11.1%), basic metals (-7.2% vs 0.6%), and motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers (-3.1% vs 57.7%). Meanwhile, output in mining and quarrying surged to 61.9% from 10.0%, while electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply fell at a softer pace (-6.5% vs -8.7%). On a monthly basis, industrial production fell by 1.8% in December from a near two-year high of 6.0% in the prior period.
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Estonia Industrial Output Growth Eases in December
Industrial production in Estonia rose by 0.2% year-on-year in December 2025, easing from a downwardly revised five-month high of 3.3% in the previous month. Manufacturing output growth moderated (0.4% vs 4.5% in November), largely weighed by declines in textiles (-8.4% vs 2.5%), wearing apparel (-10.5% vs 13.8%), coke and refined petroleum products (-22.6% vs 11.1%), basic metals (-7.2% vs 0.6%), and motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers (-3.1% vs 57.7%). Meanwhile, output in mining and quarrying surged to 61.9% from 10.0%, while electricity, gas, steam, and air-conditioning supply fell at a softer pace (-6.5% vs -8.7%). On a monthly basis, industrial production fell by 1.8% in December from a near two-year high of 6.0% in the prior period.