Latvia’s industrial production increased 0.5% year-on-year in June 2026, slowing from a revised 5.9% rise in the previous month and marking the weakest growth since March 2025. Output growth moderated in manufacturing (5.0% vs. 7.2% in May), weighed down by smaller gains in food products (5.7% vs. 8.3%) and declines in wearing apparel (-16.8% vs. 25.8%), leather and related products (-11.8% vs. 3.8%), and paper and paper products (-7.9% vs. 6.9%). Production also dropped sharply for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (-29.8% vs. 7.1%). Conversely, activity accelerated in mining and quarrying (13.8% vs. 2.2%). On a monthly basis, industrial production fell 0.8% in June, reversing from a revised 0.3% increase in May. In the second quarter of 2026, industrial production rose 4.2% compared with the same period a year earlier.