When adjusted for seasonality and the number of working days, the advance is much lower, though, of just 0.3%.
Against March 2025, industrial production inched down by 0.7% in unadjusted data and dropped by 2.2% in seasonally adjusted data.
For the overall first quarter of 2026, industry registerd a 2% decline against the same period of 2025 in unadjusted data and of 2.4% in adjusted data.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)