North Macedonia Industrial Output Rises in December

North Macedonia’s industrial production rose 2.3% year-on-year in December 2025, rebounding from a 2.8% drop in November. Manufacturing output increased 4.5%, driven mainly by higher production of food products, beverages, rubber and plastic products, other non-metallic mineral products, motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, and furniture. In contrast, production declined in mining and quarrying (-6.6%) and in electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-3.9%). By main industrial groupings, output rose sharply for intermediate goods excluding energy (9.8%) and increased for non-durable consumer goods (2.4%), while it fell for energy (-3.9%), capital goods (-0.8%) and durable consumer goods (-3.8%). For 2025 as a whole, industrial production expanded 1.9% compared with 2024. The largest positive contributions to December’s growth came from food products (3.5%), beverages (34.2%) and motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (3.5%).