8.10.2000
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 AUGUST OF 2000 TAKING 1997 AS A BASE YEAR
STATE INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS STATED THAT INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
INCREASED 17.1 % IN AUGUST 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
manufacturing industry production increased by 19.8 %, electricity, gas
and water production increased by % 10.8 and mining industry production
decreased by 6.4 % in August of 2000, over to the same period of the previous
year.
The statement released by
SIS, during average of eight months
total industrial production increased by 4.6 %
and manufacturing industry increased by 4.7
%, electricity, gas and water industry increased by 8.7 % and mining
industry decreased by 5.9 % in eight of 2000.
Also SIS explained production quantity of
some important goods for eight 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 eight
of the second month following the reference month.