Date : 05 . 08 . 1997

PRESIDENT OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS
EXPLAINED THE RESULT OF THE MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX
USING PRODUCTION INFORMATION OF 112 THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS
FOR JUNE OF 1997 TAKING 1992 AS A BASE YEAR


STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED 9.8 % IN JUNE OF 1997, OVER TO THE SAME MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR FROM THE RESULT OF MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX.



State Institute of Statistics declared that manufacturing industry production increased by 10.6 %, electricity, gas and water production increased by 7.6 % while mining industry production decreased by 1.5 % in June of 1997, over to the same period of the previous year.

The statement released by SIS, during average of six months total industrial production increased by 7.5 %, manufacturing industry increased by 7.6 % , electricity, gas and water industry rose by 9.1 % and mining industry decreased by 0.8 %.



NOT 1- MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX HAS CALCULATED TO GIVE  
INFORMATION  IN A SHORT TIME. 112 ITEMS FROM 194 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH 
REPRESENT  60 % OF TOTAL INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION VALUE HAVE BEEN USED TO 
CALCULATE MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX. APPROXIMATELY 1051 ITEMS 
FROM 2500 LARGE SCALE ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH REPRESENT  81 % OF TOTAL 
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION VALUE  HAVE BEEN USED TO CALCULATE  QUARTERLY 
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT INDEX. THERE ARE SOME DEFERENCE BETWEEN  TWO INDEXES 
BECAUSE OF THEIR COVERAGE. MONTHLY INDEX SHOULD BE  USED AS A SHORT TERM 
INDICATORS. FINAL RESULT MUST BE TAKEN FROM QUARTERLY INDUSTRIAL 
PRODUCTION INDEX.