A number of manufacturing industries in the region have shown a decline in volumes.

      According to Kirovstat, from January to June of the current year, the production of manufacturing industries increased by only 0.7% compared to the same period last year. A decrease in production was observed in mineral extraction organizations by 24.4%, in organizations providing water supply, wastewater collection, and waste disposal and remediation by 6.9%, and in organizations engaged in supplying electricity, gas, and steam by 3.2%.

      An increase in the production of other transport vehicles and equipment (by 26.2%), medicinal products and materials used in medicine and veterinary medicine (by 10.3%), chemical substances and chemical products (by 8.4%), and ready-made metal products (excluding machinery and equipment) (by 6.9%) was noted.

      A reduction in production volumes compared to the same period last year was recorded in certain sectors of economic activity. For example, the output of textile products decreased by 35.3%, motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers by 34.3%, electrical equipment by 27%, other non-metallic mineral products by 21.7%, paper and paper products by 19.6%, leather and leather goods by 15.7%, and clothing by 14.7%. Production volumes of rubber and plastic products, beverages, furniture, and metallurgical products also declined.