Date : 08.03.2002
 


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 2002 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
 
 

STATE  INSTITUTE  OF  STATISTICS  STATED  THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DECREASED  3.1 % IN JANUARY OF 2002, 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  3.8 %, mining  industry production  decreased  by  7.3 %, electricity, gas  and  water  production  increased  by  3.6 %  in  January  of  2002, 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.