Industrial production down 7.2% in April YoY - Istat

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 9 - Istat said Friday that its seasonally adjusted industrial production index fell for the fourth consecutive month in April, dropping by 1.9% on March and by 7.2% on April 2022.
    Industrial output fell across all man sectors, the statistics agency said.
    The 7.2% slump year-on-year represented the biggest since July 2020, when industrial production fell by 8.3% over July 2019 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
    At the sectoral level, year-on-year energy outputs fell by 12.6%, semi-finished products by 11%, consumer goods by 7.3% and capital goods by 0.2%, Istat said. (ANSA).