06.03.1998

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 JANUARY OF 1998 TAKING 1992 AS A BASE YEAR

STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED 4.2 % IN JANUARY OF 1998, OVER TO THE SAME MONTH OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR FROM THE RESULT OF MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX.

State Institute of Statistics declared that mining industry production increased by 18.6 %, manufacturing industry production increased by 2.9 % and electricity, gas and water production increased by 7.5 % in January of 1998, over to the same period of the previous year.

Also SIS explained production quantity of some important goods for January of 1998. Figures of monthly industrial production index taking 1992 as a base year and monthly production quantity of the selected goods.

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.