Date : 08.04.2003:
State Institute
of Statistics declared that manufacturing industry production
increased by 5.0 %, mining industry production decreased by 22.4
%, electricity, gas and water production increased by
11.9 %, in February of 2003, over to the same period
of the previous year.
The
statement released by SIS, total ndustrial production
increased by 9.2 %, and mining industry decreased by
16.0 %, manufacturing industry increased by 10.9 %, and electricity,
gas and water industry increased by 7.0 % in two months
of 2003, over to the same period of the previous year.
NOTE : MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INDEX HAS BEEN CALCULATED TO
GIVE INFORMATION IN A SHORT
TIME. 403 ITEMS FROM
918 ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH
REPRESENT 70 % OF TOTAL INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION VALUE HAVE BEEN
USED TO CALCULATE MONTHLY
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX. APPROXIMATELY
2005 ITEMS FROM 3000
LARGE SCALE ESTABLISHMENTS
WHICH REPRESENT 81
% OF TOTAL INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCTION VALUE HAVE
BEEN USED TO
CALCULATE QUARTERLY INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCT INDEX. THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN TWO INDEXES BECAUSE OF
THE COVERAGE. MONTHLY INDEX SHOULD
BE USED AS A SHORT TERM
INDICATOR . FINAL RESULT MUST BE TAKEN FROM
QUARTERLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX.
** Monthly Industrial production Index is released on the eight
of the second month following the reference month.