Industrial production in Buryatia for nine months decreased by 5.7% — Buryatstat

The index of industrial production in Buryatia for January-September 2026 decreased by 5.7% compared to the same period last year and amounted to 94.3%, Buryatstat reports. In September, compared to September 2025, the indicator fell by 19.4%, although by August of this year it grew by 20.5%.

Manufacturing industries provided the main fall: in September their volumes decreased by 45.9% year-on-year, for nine months - by 16.6%. The energy sector lost 13.2% in September and 9.8% in January-September. At the same time, mining increased by 42% in September and by 6.5% in nine months, while water supply, wastewater disposal and waste disposal added 20.5% and 0.2%, respectively.

Among the industries that significantly reduced output over the nine months are the production of finished metal products (minus 72.1%), mining of other minerals (minus 55.1%), leather and leather products (minus 53.1%), textiles (minus 41%), chemicals (minus 29.5%), paper and paper products (minus 24.8%), other vehicles (minus 21.3%) and printing activities (minus 21%).

Metal ore mining (plus 14%), metallurgical production (plus 11.5%), electrical equipment (plus 42.8%), food products (plus 2.7%), coal mining (plus 3.6%), and water extraction, treatment and distribution (plus 6.6%) and wastewater collection and treatment (plus 7.2%) showed growth.