The average daily output of the Dutch industry in February was 5.2 percent higher than in February 2013 and has led to the largest production growth in three years, the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced on Wednesday.

The growth is higher than in December 2013 (2.4 percent) and January this year (3.2 percent). Between the beginning of 2010 and March 2011, the growth rate was always above 5 percent, but since that time it was below that level.

All branches of the industry produced more in February 2014 than in February 2013. The increase in the electrical machinery industry was the largest at 9.3 percent.

The production of petroleum, chemical, rubber and plastic products (7 percent), transport equipment (6.9 percent) and basic metals and metal products industry (6.4 percent) was substantially higher than a year earlier. In the food and beverage industry, the growth was 1.5 percent.