In April, industrial production in Ukraine decreased by 6.1 percent. In April, Ukrainian industrial production fell again. Thus, its decline was fixed for the third month. This is evidenced by the data on the website of Gosstat. According to them, in April, compared to the same period last year, industrial production decreased by 6.1 percent (adjusted for the effect of calendar days - by 4.6 percent) against a decline of 2.7 percent a month earlier. If to compare with March of this year, in April industrial production in April fell by 6.

9 percent without seasonal adjustment, and taking into account the correction - by 1.7 percent. In addition, from January to April industrial production fell by 2 percent compared to the same period last year. Recall that in 2016, industrial production in Ukraine increased by 2.4 percent after a four-year decline: We also note that by the end of April Ukraine reduced steel production by almost a third.

Original article: Industrial production falls for the third consecutive month.