08.04.2002
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 FEBRUARY OF 2002 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED
THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DECREASED 4.5 %IN FEBRUARY 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 4.5 %, mining
industry production decreased by 0.4
%, electricity, gas and water production decreased
by 6.3 %,
in February of 2002, over to the same period of the previous
year.
The statement released by
SIS, total industrial production decreased
by 3.7 % and mining industry decreased by 4.4 % and manufacturing
industry decreased by 4.0 %, and electricity, gas and water industry decreased
by 1.1 % in two months 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.