Date : 06 . 03 . 1997

MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX (BASE 1992)
COMPOSED OF 112 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL GOODS
1997 JANUARY RESULTS

In January 1997, Monthly Industrial Production Index have increased 0.3 % compared to the same month of the previous year.

 
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY    Change in production compared to the
                     same month of the previous year
                     -------------------------------------
                                   January  
                     -------------------------------------
                                1996       1997

INDUSTRY TOTAL                  12.3        0.3   
MINING INDUSTRY                 10.9       -7.6   

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY          12.4        0.4   
- Food                          15.7      -12.3   
- Textile and Cloth             -1.1        1.4   
- Paper, paper products, 
  printing                     -28.1       -8.6   
- Chemicals                      9.9       -2.9 
- Non-metallic minerals          3.4       14.5 
- Metals                        -1.8       16.1 
- Machinery                     46.8        3.7 

ELECTRICITY, GAS, WATER         12.2        6.7
Notes:

  1. Monthly Industrial Production Index is calculated to provide immediate information to public. Data on the production of 112 industrial goods produced by 194 establishments constituting 60 % of the total industrial production is used in the calculatoin of the index. In the quarterly industrial production index, data for 1051 goods produced by 2500 establisments constituting 81 % of the total industrial production has been used. Therefore, there may be some discrepencies between the two indices. The monthly index should be considered provisional and analyses should be based on the quarterly index.

    Sectoral Weights:

    Main sub-sectors
    - Mining Industry : 5.1
    - Manufacturing Industry: 84.7
    - Energy : 10.2

    Mining Industry
    - Coal mining : 51.9
    - Crude oil, natural gas: 27.4
    - Iron : 10.8
    - Other mining : 9.9

    Manufacturing Industry
    - Food : 17.7
    - Textile, cloth manufac. : 15.5
    - Wood and wood prod. : 1.2
    - Paper, paper prod. printng: 3.0
    - Chemicals : 27.8
    - Non metallic minerals : 7.1
    - Metals : 6.3
    - Machinery : 21.1
    - Other manufacturing : 0.3