Estonian industrial output falls for fifth straight month

Industrial companies in Estonia produced 4.6 percent less at constant prices in June than in the same month a year earlier, Statistics Estonia said, according to ERR. Manufacturing output fell for the fifth consecutive month.

Output increased by 26.7 percent in mining, but fell by 12.6 percent in energy and by 5.3 percent in manufacturing.

Riin Kadarik, a lead analyst at Statistics Estonia, said the largest manufacturing activity, wood processing, declined by 2 percent. Food production fell by 3.3 percent, marking its sixth consecutive month of year-on-year decline, although the decrease slowed compared with May.

Output increased in one-third of manufacturing activities and decreased in two-thirds. Among the five largest activities, production also declined in metal products, by 1.5 percent, and in computers, electronic and optical equipment, by 13.2 percent. The latter drop was driven by lower production of communications equipment and measuring, testing and navigation equipment.

Electrical equipment production increased by 6.3 percent, as it did in May. Output was also affected by a decline in machinery and equipment repair and installation, including a fall in the repair and maintenance of civil ships and boats, as well as a significant drop in furniture production.

Foreign markets accounted for 66.8 percent of manufacturing output sales in June, slightly more than in May. At current prices and based on calendar-adjusted data, manufacturing sales remained at the same level as in June 2025. Domestic sales fell by 4.4 percent, while export sales increased by 2.6 percent.

Seasonally adjusted data showed that total industrial output fell by 2.3 percent in June from May, while manufacturing output decreased by 0.9 percent.

Energy output fell by 12.6 percent at constant prices. In physical terms, electricity production declined by 13.1 percent year on year and heat production by 7.1 percent. Kadarik said the decline in electricity production was mainly due to increased imports.

Mining growth was driven by increased extraction of oil shale, peat, sand and gravel. Kadarik said favorable weather conditions supported peat production.