Date: 08.10.2001
PRESIDENT OF THE STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS
EXPLAINED THE RESULT OF THE MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INDEX
USING PRODUCTION INFORMATION OF 403 THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS
FOR AUGUST OF 2001 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
STATE INSTITUTE
OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DECREASED 10.1
% IN AUGUST OF 2001, 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 decreased by 11.3 %,
mining industry production decreased by 9.8 %, electricity, gas and
water production decreased by 0.7 %, in August of 2001,
over to the same period of the previous year.
The statement released
by SIS, total industrial production decreased by 7.2 % and mining industry
decreased by 2.8 % and manufacturing industry decreased
by 8.1 %, and electricity, gas and water industry decreased by 2.0
% in eight months of 2001, 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 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO INDEXES
BECAUSE OF THE COVERAGE. MONTHLY INDEX SHOULD BE USED AS A
SHORT TERM INDICATORS. 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.