08.03.2000
 
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  JANUARY  OF 2000 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
 STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED  4.2  %  IN  JANUARY OF 2000, 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 decreased by 15.4 %, manufacturing industry  production  increased   by  4.6 %,  electricity,  gas  and  water  production  increased by 10.6 %,  in January of 2000, over to the same period of the previous year.

         Also SIS explained production quantity of some important goods for January of 2000. Figures of monthly industrial production index taking 1997 as a base year and monthly production quantity of the selected goods.

 


NOTE  :- MONTHLY  INDUSTRIAL  PRODUCTION  INDEX HAS 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 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.

** Monthly  Industrial Production Index is released on the eighth of the second month following the             reference month