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 MARCH OF 2000 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION INCREASED 1.0 % IN MARCH 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 increased by 0.2 %, manufacturing industry production
increased by 0.2 %, and electricity, gas and water production
increased by % 8.5 in March of 2000, over to the same period of
the previous year.
The statement released by SIS, during average of three months total industrial production increased by 3.2 % and manufacturing industry increased by 3.6 %, electricity, gas and water industry increased by 2.9 % and mining industry decreased by 3.2 % in March of 2000.
Also SIS explained
production quantity of some important goods for March 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.