The utilities sector and mining industry posted declines of 2.2% each in May compared with April, and manufacturing dropped 4.4%.
Compared with May 2015, seasonally adjusted industrial output declined 1.6%, as mining output dropped 24.3%. The utilities sector grew 3.6%, and manufacturing grew 0.7%.
In January-May, industrial output remained unchanged from the same period in 2015 in seasonally adjusted terms. Manufacturing increased 2%, while mining output declined 19.4%, and the utilities sector declined 1.9%.
In unadjusted data, industrial output declined 1.3% on the month in May, but grew 1.5% compared with May 2015. In January-May, unadjusted industrial output grew 1.4%, the data showed.