Hungary's industrial production continued its declining trend in June, while retail sales expanded at an accelerated pace, preliminary figures from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office showed on Wednesday.
The volume of industrial production dropped a working-day-adjusted 4.9 percent yearly in June, faster than the 2.4 percent fall a month ago.
Among sub-sectors, the largest increase was seen in the manufacture of food products, beverages, and tobacco products, and computers, electronics, and optical products, as well as electrical equipment, while the manufacture of transport equipment significantly fell, the agency said.
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