South Korea's April factory output unexpectedly declines 0.9% m/m

May 29, 2025 7:14 PM EDT

Employees work at a bio plant factory of Hanmi Pharm in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, July 1, 2021. Picture taken July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Heo Ran/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's factory output unexpectedly declined in April, depressed by a drop in electricity and gas output, government data showed on Friday.

Industrial production fell 0.9% in April from a month earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, underperforming expectations for a 0.5% gain tipped in a Reuters poll.

From a year earlier, factory output increased 4.9%.

(Reporting by Cynthia KimEditing by Ed Davies)



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