Within the Manufacturing sector, the top three positive contributors for the month of September 2026 include manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers at 19.0 %, manufacture of electrical equipment at 33.9 %, and manufacture of rubber and plastics products at 19.9%.
The manufacturing sector logged 7.6% growth against revised growth of 8.6% in August, while electricity and gas supply segment grew by 11.2% in September against an increase of 12.3% a month earlier. Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste Management sector grew by 5.8% and Mining & Quarrying contracted by 6.2%, against decline of 4.6% in August.
The September data was below the 7.3% growth estimated by economists in a Reuters poll and a revised 7.8% expansion in August.
Output of consumer durables, including cars and phones, grew 6% year-on-year in September against a revised 10.5% increase a month earlier.
Output of consumer non-durables, such as food items and toiletries, rose 1.4% year-on-year in September against a decline of 1.1% in the previous month.
Capital goods output rose 10.4% year-on-year in September against a revised 15.9% increase in August.
Industrial output between April and September grew 6.8%, compared to an increase of 4.4% a year earlier.